Subject:Quilting
Quiltmakers
Quilted goods
Quiltmakers--United States
Quilts
Craft and art
Craft and decorating
Artists

Description:Marjorie Elliott, interviewed by Ann Shibut, shares her story of quilting. She introduces a quilt she created based on her childhood memory of her father's attic, describing the fabrics, inspiration, and quilting methods. Afterwards, Elliott and Shibut discuss a variety of topics such as the qualities of a great quilter, how quilting impacts her life, and how to preserve quilts. [show more]

Subject:Quilts
Quilting
Women
Textiles
Crafts & decorating
Textile artists
Decorative arts
Needlework
Sewing
Texas
Gifts
Heirlooms
Family
Family reunions

Description:Kay Jones interviews quilter Jean Vining, a former school teacher and award-winning quilt artist. She discusses the quilt she has brought in for the interview, a family quilt which she created for her sister's wedding anniversary. She talks about technical aspects of quilting, including how she creates her quilts and the techniques she uses to do so. Vining talks about the quilts she creates for family reunions as well as other crafts she enjoys, including knitting and sewing clothing. Vining talks about her life in Texas as a former school teacher and how her quilting has impacted her life, including her family and her relationship with her sister, who is also a quilter. [show more]

Subject:Quilts.
Quilting arts workshop
Quilting.
Textiles.
Craft and art
Crafts & decorating

Description:Robinson reflects on her experience quilting, including how it helped her during her battle against breast cancer, and the awards she has won for quilting.

Subject:Quilts
Quilting
Quiltmakers
Quiltmaking process
Quilters
Quiltmaking
Art quilts
Artists
Arts and crafts
Craft and art
Quilts--United States
Quilts--United States--History--20th century.

Description:Houck describes the quilt she has brought to the interview, which is a remake of a 1930s quilt. She discusses the use of feed sacks in quilting and sewing. She talks about how she originally became interested in quilting. Houck began a quilt magazine for the Ladies' Circle Patchwork Quilts and spent twenty years working for them. It is because of this experience that she often gets called an "expert" on quilting. She says that she became an expert by learning how to handle, photograph, and research quilts. Due to Houck's expertise in quilting, she became a judge for quilt shows. Houck says she is part of two guilds, the Charlottesville Guild and the Crotez Guild. She has also made a quilt book of art for the Quilt Encyclopedia Illustrated. She says that it is not a how-to-quilt book, but a book that focuses on the beauty of quilts she photographed. She discusses trends in quilting. She talks about the importance of quilts in America, quilting's impact on women's history, and how quilt preservation has changed over time. [show more]

Subject:Arts and crafts
Quilts
Quiltmakers
Quiltmakers--United States
Quilting
Virginia Quilt Museum
Sewing machines
Machine quilting

Description:Joan Knight talks about the first full-size quilt she ever made, how it is used, and the reason she chose the log cabin design for her first-ever full-size quilt. She talks about her early quilting experiences with her family and how she continued quilting throughout college. Knight talks about the origins of the Virginia Quilt Museum and her role as its director. She talks about how women "sew their lives into their quilts." She talks about how the history of communities and regions can be seen in quilts. Knight talks about the exhibitions she has entered her quilts into and the prizes she has won. Knight talks about the importance of quilt preservation and the role of museums in preservation. She talks about how to get young people involved in quilting. [show more]

Type:Oral History

Subject:Quilts
Quiltmaking
Quiltmakers--United States
Virginia Quilt Museum
Quilts--United States
Wool quilts
Arts and crafts
Sewing

Description:Judy Stryker talks about the materials of her chosen quilt, the maker of the quilt, and how it came into her possession. She talks about first learning about quilting and when she started to quilt. Stryker talks about the guilds she is a member of and her involvement with the Virginia Quilt Museum. She talks about what she thinks makes a quilt great and what she thinks makes a quiltmaker great. Stryker talks about the first quilt she ever made and what has become of it now. [show more]

Type:Oral History

Subject:Quilters
Quilting.
Quiltmakers
Quiltmaking
Quilts
Quiltmaking process
Quiltmaking purpose

Description:In this brief interview with Cliff Bailey, he describes a quilt that he has made that he's fond of, in part because of the nosegay pattern, use of colors, and feed sack fabric. He describes his introduction to quilting by his family, what he likes about quilting, and describes his home studio. [show more]

Subject:Quilts
Quilting
Quiltmakers
Quilting--United States
Quiltmakers--United States
Quilting--Patterns
Quilting--United States--Patterns
Quilts--United States

Description:Linda Fiedler talks about her chosen quilt, the fabrics used, the design, and how it got its name by helping her through a tough time. She describes her first remembrances of quilting, including the work her grandmother and her mother did, as well as talking about how she learned to quilt. Fiedler talks about her experiences teaching quiltmaking all over the country, as well as when she opened up a quilt shop. She talks about the importance of quilts in American life, their importance to women throughout history, and how we can ensure quilts have a place in America in the future. Fiedler talks about the guilds she is a member of, from a local level to the national level, as well as what she looks for in great quilts and quiltmakers for her shows and museums. She talks about her wearable art. Fiedler talks about the trends in quiltmaking and the divide, if any, between traditional quiltmaking and art quilts. She talks about how communities are built through quilting and quilters coming together. She talks about articles and other writing she has done on the subject of quilting. Fiedler talks about the awards she has won with her quilts, as well as her time judging quilt shows. She finishes the interview by talking about preserving quilts, her antique quilt collection, and if she has designed any quilt patterns herself. [show more]

Subject:Quilts
Quilting
Quiltmakers
Quiltmakers--United States
Virginia Quilt Museum
Quilting--Patterns
Quilting--United States--Patterns
Quilts--United States
Sewing
Double wedding ring quilts
Appliqué.

Description:Margie Hockman introduces herself and her touchstone quilt, which uses her favorite Double Wedding Ring pattern. She talks about her upbringing and her first quilts. Hockman talks about the various quilting guilds she has belonged to and her roles in them. She talks about what special meaning quilts have in women's history, as well as some of the historical-type quilts she has made. Hockman talks about how quilts can be preserved physically and how quilting as an activity can be preserved throughout the generations. She talks about her experiences exhibiting quilts at various museums and exhibitions. Hockman talks about hand quilting versus machine quilting and why they should be judged separately. [show more]

Subject:Quilting
Quiltmaker's club
Quilters
Quiltmakers
Quiltmaking
Quiltmaking purpose
Quilts

Description:Paula Golden says that the name of her quilt is "Dancing To My Spirit" and was inspired by a soapstone carving from the Inuit culture. She talks about the techniques she used in creating the quilt, as well as the things she learned during the process. She talks about the message of the quilt. Golden shares that she grew up overseas and lived in Germany for ten years. She says that traveling was a rich opportunity to learn about other cultures and countries. At 22, she tried to make her first quilt. She met her husband in 1980 and moved to Hawaii and took a Hawaiian quilting class. She talks about a quilt she created using a Hawaiian design. Golden was the recipient of the 2001 Teacher of the Year award from Professional Quilt Magazine. She says that she began teaching a year after taking a class in Hawaii and researched Hawaiian quilting. Golden has been on Jinny Beyer's staff since 1995. She talks about what makes a great quilt, the art of quilting, and quilting as a craft. She talks about her involvement in various quilters' groups and guilds. [show more]

Subject:Quilting
Quilts
Quiltmakers
Quiltmaking
Quilters
Quiltmaking process

Description:Eileen Doughty says the quilt she brought to the interview is named "Niggle's Leaf" and was inspired by a story that she read as a teenager, called "Leaf by Niggle" by J.R.R Tolkien. Doughty shares that she has been quilting since 1986 and that her mother got her into it. After she graduated college, her mother mentioned that she was taking a quilting class, and it inspired Doughty to take one as well. Doughty says that she walked into a quilt store and after speaking with a customer, happened to start doing quilt commissions. She talks about becoming a regional representative for Studio Art Quilting Association (SAQA). Doughty also belongs to a metropolitan quilt group that she helped found in 2001 called Quilt Art (Q&A). She talks about her family's support of her quilting. She talks about her inspiration, including other artists and art history classes. Doughty describes her studio. She describes her preparation and process for quilting. Doughty gives advice for beginner quilters. [show more]

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Description:Becky Goldsmith talks about getting started making quilts and how it's grown into a quilting business, and offers advice for new quilters.

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Description: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 quilting she prefers machine quilting in order to quickly finish her projects. Adams considers herself to be an art quilter, and focuses on artistic nature and social messages in her own quilts. [show more]

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Description:Christine Adams was interested in fabric from a very young age, as her grandparents were decorators on Philadelphia’s Mainline, and she spent a lot of time in their shop when she was young. Adams considers herself a ‘mixed media’ artist, primarily working in textiles because of their fluidity and color. She belongs to six guilds, most of them national and meeting only a few times a year. In this interview, Adams describes her quilt “Faded Memory” in detail, which is a dedication to her parents and part of "Alzheimer's: Forgetting Piece by Piece" exhibition. [show more]