1 20 1 http://qsos.quiltalliance.org/files/original/fa91559e93dc9307172ce2d03a294862.jpg 135791ef9cd3ce4e76e354c295023027 http://qsos.quiltalliance.org/files/original/3b4f773c5178ba1a60b6bb8d30150465.jpg febbb6b629156d5f520215bd365de1d3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource California QSOS Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Sherri Lynn Wood Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Karen Musgrave Interview Date 3/7/09 Transcriber Kim Greene Interview Format audio Location The location of the interview San Francisco, California Interview Indexed Specifies if OHMS index has been completed [Yes/no] Yes OHMS Object http://quiltalliance.net/ohms-viewer-master/viewer.php?cachefile=CA94130-001Wood.xml OHMS Object Text Raw full-text of the OHMS Object. Used for full-text searching. <!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?--> <root xmlns="https://www.avpreserve.com/nunncenter/ohms" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemalocation="https://www.avpreserve.com/nunncenter/ohms/ohms.xsd"><record id="00041360" dt="2017-12-05"><version>5</version><date value="2009-03-07" format="yyyy-mm-dd"></date><date_nonpreferred_format></date_nonpreferred_format><cms_record_id></cms_record_id> <title>Sherri Lynn Wood</title> <accession>CA94130-001</accession><duration></duration><collection_id></collection_id><collection_name>Quilters' S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories</collection_name><series_id></series_id><series_name>California QSOS</series_name><repository>Quilt Alliance</repository><funding></funding><repository_url></repository_url><keyword>bereavement</keyword><keyword>therapeutic aspects of quiltmaking</keyword><keyword>San Francisco, CA</keyword><keyword>recycling</keyword><interviewee>Sherri Lynn Wood</interviewee><interviewer>Karen Musgrave</interviewer><file_name></file_name><sync></sync><sync_alt></sync_alt><transcript_alt_lang></transcript_alt_lang><translate>0</translate><media_id></media_id><media_url>http://quiltalliance.net/qsos-audio/CA94130-001-Wood.mp3</media_url><mediafile><host>Other</host><host_account_id></host_account_id><host_player_id></host_player_id><host_clip_id></host_clip_id><clip_format>audio</clip_format></mediafile><kembed></kembed><language></language><index><point><time>0</time> <title>Introduction, explanation of bereavement quilts from mother's clothing.</title> <title_alt></title_alt><partial_transcript>This is Karen Musgrave and I'm conducting a Quilters' S.O.S. Save Our Stories inverview with Sherri Lynn Wood. Sherri is in San Francisco, California and I am in Napperville, Illinoise so we are conducting this interview over the telephone.</partial_transcript><partial_transcript_alt></partial_transcript_alt><synopsis>Karen Musgrave introduces herself and Sherri Lynn Wood. Sherri Lynn explains the process behind the quilts she worked on with her mother's clothes after her passing. She describes the process of going through her mother's clothes with her family and making the quilts for them.</synopsis><synopsis_alt></synopsis_alt><keywords>bereavement quilts;clothing;grief;interview;Karen Musgrave;Mourning/Grief;Naperville, Illinois;QSOS;Quilt Purpose - Mourning;Quiltmaking for family;San Francisco, California;Sherri Lynn Wood;telephone interview;The MacDowell Colony</keywords><keywords_alt></keywords_alt><subjects></subjects><subjects_alt></subjects_alt><gps>37.7749, -122.4194</gps><gps_zoom>19</gps_zoom><gps_text>San Francisco, California where Sherri Lynn Wood is located</gps_text><gps_text_alt></gps_text_alt><hyperlink>http://daintytime.net/about/bio/</hyperlink><hyperlink_text>Bio of Sherri Lynn Wood on her personal site. </hyperlink_text><hyperlink_text_alt></hyperlink_text_alt></point><point><time>368</time> <title>Importance of Hand Work to her Quilts</title> <title_alt></title_alt><partial_transcript>Now you hand quit them? Yeah, I do hand quilt all of my quilts. to me that is a big part of the process. For me improvisational quilt making has become like a spiritual practice.</partial_transcript><partial_transcript_alt></partial_transcript_alt><synopsis>Wood talks about hand quilting and its significance to her. She then talks about piecing together her quilts and the way that she works with clothing to make each quilt fit the clothing it is made out of. She discusses the emotional and spiritual effects quilting has on her, as she finds it a meditative practice.</synopsis><synopsis_alt></synopsis_alt><keywords>clothing;fashion;Hand piecing;hand quilting;handwork;Improvisational piecing;meditation;memories;patterns;quilt;Quilt memory;Quilt Purpose - Memorial;Quilt Purpose - Therapy;quiltmaking process;recycling;spiritual</keywords><keywords_alt></keywords_alt><subjects></subjects><subjects_alt></subjects_alt><gps></gps><gps_zoom>17</gps_zoom><gps_text></gps_text><gps_text_alt></gps_text_alt><hyperlink>http://daintytime.net/workshops/</hyperlink><hyperlink_text>Sherri Lynn Wood's workshops</hyperlink_text><hyperlink_text_alt></hyperlink_text_alt></point><point><time>536</time> <title>Quiltmaking Techniques and Process</title> <title_alt></title_alt><partial_transcript>Are they machine done or hand done? They are a combination. There is a lot of machine piecing. I try to do as much machine piecing as possible, but there is a a lot of hand work too, because the neckline of a shirt or a frilly edge of a piece of lace or handkerchief, if I want to keep the integrity of those details then I have to hand applique the detail onto some other piece rather than doing a pieced in seam.</partial_transcript><partial_transcript_alt></partial_transcript_alt><synopsis>Musgrave asks if Wood's quilts are machine done or hand done. Sherri Lynn responds that she uses a mixture of both and when she uses which. She then talks about fitting together the pieces and sections of her quilts. </synopsis><synopsis_alt></synopsis_alt><keywords>applique;composition;details;hand done;Hand piecing;Home sewing machine;machine done;puzzle</keywords><keywords_alt></keywords_alt><subjects></subjects><subjects_alt></subjects_alt><gps></gps><gps_zoom>17</gps_zoom><gps_text></gps_text><gps_text_alt></gps_text_alt><hyperlink></hyperlink><hyperlink_text></hyperlink_text><hyperlink_text_alt></hyperlink_text_alt></point><point><time>635</time> <title>On her choice to reuse and recycle materials , starting to do workshops to helping other make quilts and bereavement quilts, quilting as a comfort and reminder</title> <title_alt></title_alt><partial_transcript>What else can I say? I used to make lots of wall hangings and decorative pieces and narrative pieces and I got very interested in how materials carry language and stories rather than images. I also moved away from an art practice that was more object based to an art practice that was more service based, to develop a process of grief facilitation, bereavement and life transition work with quilt making.</partial_transcript><partial_transcript_alt></partial_transcript_alt><synopsis>Wood talks about using recycled materials and fabric she already has for her quilts. She describes moving away from an art practice that is “object based” to one that is “service based,” which is reflected in her choice to repurpose materials rather than purchase new ones. She then talks about a quilting workshop she participated in Penland, North Carolina. She goes in depth about helping other people with making bereavement quilts or and other types quilts what it means for the herself and the people she teaches to work through their grief or issues through the quilts.</synopsis><synopsis_alt></synopsis_alt><keywords>9-11;art;Art quiltmaking;bereavement quilts;comforting;creation;decorating;DIY;expression;fabric;freedom;grief;Home sewing machine;Penland School of Crafts;Penland, North Carolina;recycling;scrap quilting;sewing;transformation;workshop</keywords><keywords_alt></keywords_alt><subjects></subjects><subjects_alt></subjects_alt><gps>35.5616, -82.07419</gps><gps_zoom>20</gps_zoom><gps_text>School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina where Sherri Lynn worked in 2001. </gps_text><gps_text_alt></gps_text_alt><hyperlink>http://www.passagequilts.com</hyperlink><hyperlink_text>The Passage Quilts project Sherri Lynn mentions</hyperlink_text><hyperlink_text_alt></hyperlink_text_alt></point><point><time>1682</time> <title>Origins of interest in quiltmaking</title> <title_alt></title_alt><partial_transcript>Tell me about your interest in quilt making. When and how did you being? I started making quilts for friends as gifts when I was in grad school right out of college, I was probably like 24, 25. I had sewn all my life and I just started making these simple checkerboard quilts and they came out real pretty and just with my color combinations or stuff and I really enjoyed it and I thought I would love to make these and try to sell them. I did.</partial_transcript><partial_transcript_alt></partial_transcript_alt><synopsis>Wood talks about starting her interest in quilting in her 20s and giving them as gifts to friends. She goes on to talk about selling her quilts at a farmers market and how that affected her. She mentions several quilting art exhibits that inspired her when she was starting out. She says that her quilts are an ongoing, long-term creative project for her and a means of connecting artistic practice to her emotions.</synopsis><synopsis_alt></synopsis_alt><keywords>African American quilts;Arrowmont School of Craft;art;beginning;bereavement quilts;community;crafting;crochet;emotion;farmers marked;improvisational quilting;interest;involvement;Masters of Fine Arts;Nancy Crow;Passage Quilts;Quilt Purpose - Gift or presentation;Quilt Purpose - Personal income;quiltmaking class;sculpture;stitching</keywords><keywords_alt></keywords_alt><subjects></subjects><subjects_alt></subjects_alt><gps>35.9049, -79.0469</gps><gps_zoom>19</gps_zoom><gps_text>UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina where Sherri Lynn was inspired by an exhibition called "Who'd A Thought It"</gps_text><gps_text_alt></gps_text_alt><hyperlink>http://daintytime.net/2013/04/03/a-visit-with-eli-leon-and-his-quilts-part-1/ </hyperlink><hyperlink_text>Blog post by Sherri Lynn about Eli Leon</hyperlink_text><hyperlink_text_alt></hyperlink_text_alt></point><point><time>1970</time> <title>On her balance of time</title> <title_alt></title_alt><partial_transcript>How do you balance your time? </partial_transcript><partial_transcript_alt></partial_transcript_alt><synopsis>Karen Musgrave asks Sherri Lynn how she is able to balance her time. Sherri talks about her job and how she she balances her time between quilt making and her art. She also discusses how she is able to fund and sell her art. She says that she always comes back to quilting, even when she is doing other things. </synopsis><synopsis_alt></synopsis_alt><keywords>art;balance;money;parish administrator;quilt making;Quilt Purpose - Personal income;St. Gregory's Episcopal Church;time</keywords><keywords_alt></keywords_alt><subjects></subjects><subjects_alt></subjects_alt><gps>37.7633, -122.4017</gps><gps_zoom>20</gps_zoom><gps_text>St. Gregory's Episcopal Church, San Francisco, California where Sherri Lynn is a parish administrator</gps_text><gps_text_alt></gps_text_alt><hyperlink>http://www.saintgregorys.org/</hyperlink><hyperlink_text>St. Gregory's Church San Francisco</hyperlink_text><hyperlink_text_alt></hyperlink_text_alt></point><point><time>2134</time> <title>Involvement in quilt groups</title> <title_alt></title_alt><partial_transcript>Do you belong in any art or quilt groups? I don't at the moment, I've only been in San Francisco since July and I have gone to the local quilters' guild a few times. I did join the Northern California Quilt Association mainly because I want to teach more so I wanted to make those connections. It is a networking thing. When I first started quiltmaking, I was active in the local guild in Durham, North Carolina.</partial_transcript><partial_transcript_alt></partial_transcript_alt><synopsis>Wood discusses not currently belonging to any quilting or art groups, but that she does often go to events and impromptu things and values networking with other quiltmakers and crafters. She then talks about groups she belonged to in the past prior to moving to San Francisco. She says that she currently belongs to more professional groups dealing with end of life issues than to quilt groups. </synopsis><synopsis_alt></synopsis_alt><keywords>art groups;Bay Area Care;Durham, North Carolina;End of Life Network;mending parties;quilt groups;quilters guild;San Francisco;social crafting;stitch and chatter groups;women's groups</keywords><keywords_alt></keywords_alt><subjects></subjects><subjects_alt></subjects_alt><gps>35.9940, -78.8986</gps><gps_zoom>17</gps_zoom><gps_text>Durham, North Carolina where Sherri Lynn was active in a local guild when she first started quilting</gps_text><gps_text_alt></gps_text_alt><hyperlink>http://quiltalliance.net/qsos-images/CA94130-001_Wood.jpg</hyperlink><hyperlink_text>One of Sherri Lynn's quilts</hyperlink_text><hyperlink_text_alt></hyperlink_text_alt></point><point><time>2266</time> <title>On her hopes for her legacy as a quiltmaker</title> <title_alt></title_alt><partial_transcript>How do you want to be remembered? </partial_transcript><partial_transcript_alt></partial_transcript_alt><synopsis>Wood describes wanting to be remembered by her quilts and the legacy her quilts will provide. She then talks about Passage Quilts being used with the death and bereavement processes. She is working with therapists in hopes that quilting will be more accepted as a form of therapeutic grieving. </synopsis><synopsis_alt></synopsis_alt><keywords>bereavement;culture;death;grief;history;legacy;memory;Passage Quilts;Quilt Purpose - Therapy;remember;therapeutic</keywords><keywords_alt></keywords_alt><subjects></subjects><subjects_alt></subjects_alt><gps></gps><gps_zoom>17</gps_zoom><gps_text></gps_text><gps_text_alt></gps_text_alt><hyperlink>http://quiltalliance.net/qsos-images/CA94130-001_Wood.jpg</hyperlink><hyperlink_text>Sherri Lynn Wood with one of her quilts and another project</hyperlink_text><hyperlink_text_alt></hyperlink_text_alt></point><point><time>2528</time> <title>Power of quiltmaking as metaphor and importance of quiltmaking community</title> <title_alt></title_alt><partial_transcript>Is there anything else you would like to share before we conclude? </partial_transcript><partial_transcript_alt></partial_transcript_alt><synopsis>This interview finishes up with Wood talking about being happy to be a quiltmaker and be a part of the quiltmaking community, while viewing her work as a form of activism. She views quiltmaking as a powerful metaphor. She goes on to say that she is both and artist and a quiltmaker. She finishes up by saying that she finds quilt making both powerful and joyous. </synopsis><synopsis_alt></synopsis_alt><keywords>activist;African American quilts;art;artist;community;Gee's Bend;healer;powerful</keywords><keywords_alt></keywords_alt><subjects></subjects><subjects_alt></subjects_alt><gps>32.080358, -87.281723</gps><gps_zoom>17</gps_zoom><gps_text>Gee's Bend (also known as Boykin), Alabama, home to a renowned community of quiltmakers who have inspired Wood. </gps_text><gps_text_alt></gps_text_alt><hyperlink>http://www.quiltsofgeesbend.com/ </hyperlink><hyperlink_text>Quilts of Gee's Bend</hyperlink_text><hyperlink_text_alt></hyperlink_text_alt></point></index><type>Oral History</type><description>Sherri Lynn Wood discusses her involvement in bereavement quilting. She goes into how and why she started her quilting journey in her 20s, selling quilts at a local farmer's market in Durham, North Carolina, before focusing on more spiritual and therapeutic aspects of quiltmaking. She describes how she juggles time between her art, her activism with End of Life issues , and a part time job. The interview ends with Sherri Lynn Wood reminiscing over how she would like to be remembered and how she feels about being a part of the quilting community. </description><rel></rel><transcript>No transcript.</transcript><transcript_alt></transcript_alt><rights>2017 Quilt Alliance. All Rights Reserved.</rights><fmt>audio</fmt><usage></usage><userestrict>0</userestrict><xmllocation></xmllocation><xmlfilename></xmlfilename><collection_link>http://quiltalliance.net/cms/</collection_link><series_link>http://quiltalliance.net/cms/collections/show/15</series_link></record></root> Interview sponsor Name of interview sponsor Kay Schroeder Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CA94130-001 Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Title A name given to the resource Sherri Lynn Wood Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio Description An account of the resource Sherri Lynn Wood discusses her involvement in bereavement quilting. She goes into how and why she started her quilting journey in her 20s, selling quilts at a local farmer's market in Durham, North Carolina, before focusing on more spiritual and therapeutic aspects of quiltmaking. She describes how she juggles time between her art, her activism with End of Life issues, and a part time job. The interview ends with Sherri Lynn Wood reminiscing over how she would like to be remembered and how she feels about being a part of the quilting community. bereavement quilts clothing emotion grief mourning recycling