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Lela Alcorn
Lela Alcorn learned how to quilt at the age of six from her mother, and now is a quilt teacher herself. She belongs to a guild, and is passionate about the love and the sense of family felt among quilters as a society. To Alcorn quilts are the…
Tags: applique, art, Dutch Doll, fabric choice, fabric stash, Fabric/Quilt shops, generational quiltmaking, hand quilting, love, machine quilting, museums, period fabric, Quilt history, quilt tops, quilting frames, Quiltmaking for family, Sunbonnet Sue - quilt pattern, Teaching quiltmaking, Texas, Trinity Valley Quilter's Guild
Naomi Adams
Naomi Adams learned how to sew from her mother, and first learned quilting from her grandmother. She made her first quilt in 1996, and is now a quilt teacher as well as an interior designer, and caregiver. While her background was based in hand…
Tags: Alliance for American Quilts, Alzheimer's disease, Ami Simms, art, art quilts, background in art, Blogs, care-giving, Feminism, Fiber Arts Bee (Austin), Jane Sassaman, Karen Musgrave, learning to sew, Liz Kettle, machine quilting, Quilt Purpose - Activism/Awareness, quilt shows/exhibitions, Special Olympics, storytelling, Support from quilting community, Teaching quiltmaking, Texas