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Ann Klimstra
Ann Klimstra loves working with color and finding ways for odd colors to work together. She uses a design wall to audition the colors and to keep from making mistakes. She believes love in your heart makes a great quilter. Ann uses her skills to…
Alva Barrett
Alva Barrett is a quilter and member of the National Society of Daughters of the Americna Revolution, Tillicum chapter. She grew up in the South, and began quilting at age 16 because her entire family and community quilted. She is extremely…
Susan Atwell
Susan Atwell is a quiltmaker from La Porte, Indiana. She learned to quilt from her mother and grandmother, she recalls fond memories of trips to the fabric store with them, and began quilting herself when she was in her thirties and loves longarm…
Chrissy Atwater
Chrissy Atwater is a quiltmaker from Florida, part of the Venice Area Quilt Guild and a smaller internal group called the Cut-Ups. She's been quilting for over 50 years and learned from her grandmother. Initially, she was apprehensive about quilting,…
Salinda Ash
Salinda Ash is quilter from Michigan who began in 1988 when she switched from apparel to quiltmaking. She learned to sew from her mother and finds fabric choice the most pleasant part of quiltmaking. Ash belongs to the Cal-Co Quilters Guild, and a…
Onalee Arnold
Onalee Arnold is a quilter from Marion, Iowa who is a member of the Iowa State Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Marion-Linn chapter. She began quilting upon her mother's death in 1987. She is from a family of quiltmakers and taught her…
Alvena Armstrong
Alvena Armstrong is a quilter from Fort Worth, Texas who began quilting in 1979 when her daughter gained an interest in it. Armstrong is an experienced quilter and a founding member of the Trinity Valley Quilters Guild. Her mother was a utilitarian…
Bertha Arizmendi
Bertha Arizmendi is a hispanic quilter from Boonville, California. She began quilting in 2006 with the guild Los Hilos de la Vida. Her favorite part of quilting is designing, and she began quilting for income but became interested in the design…
Lela Anders
Lela Anders is a quiltmaker from Alabama. She began quilting at around age 20, when her sister-in-law taught her how to. In this interview she describes a quilt she made for her granddaughter out of her old cheerleading outfits.
Teresa Alvarez
Teresa Alvarez is a Spanish-speaking quiltmaker living in Boonville, California. She began with crocheting and needlepoint before moving to quiltmaking. Alvarez describes two quilts she's completed, "Tinkerbelle," and "The Fruit Basket," the latter…