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Sonya Lee Barrington
Sonya Lee Barrington is a self-taught quilter from San Francisco, California who began quiltmaking in 1968. She began in apparel, and became interested after seeing many quilts in antique shops. Barrington does strictly hand quilting and makes many…
Barbara Ann Bauer Barrett
Barbara Barrett is a quilter in Bastrop, Texas who began quilting in the mid 1990s. She's known how to sew since a young age, and moved to quilting when she took a class. She is an active member of many groups and guilds including the Austin Area…
Lourdes Barragan
Lourdes Barragan is a hispanic quiltmaker. She sells most of her quilts fairly successfully in California. The quilt she describes in this interview is a pictorial quilt depicting a desolate graveyard near the ranch where she was born.
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…
Bob Adams
Bob Adams is a retired high school art teacher from Colorado living in Lafayette, Indiana. He started quilting in the mornings before going to school and continued after his retirement with a strong interest in Harvest Moons. He became serious about…
B. J. Adams
B. J. Adams is a quilter from Washington, D. C. Adams became aware of quilts while visiting museums, and always had an interest in crafting. She studied art in both high school and college, and began as a painter in the 1960s and began quilting about…
Joan Abshire
Joan Abshire quilts as a hobby in Massachusetts. For this interview, she brought a quilt entitled "My Canadian Home," which she found the pattern for in a quilting magazine. Abshire was a quilter 20 years prior, but took several years off to pursue…