Subject:Quiltmaking process
Quilts
Quiltmakers--United States
Quilting
Quiltmaking
Quiltmakers
Quilters

Description:Peggy Rigdon says she was born in Washington, D.C., obtained a scholarship to Barnard College, and then moved to New York with her husband where she later had three children. She talks about learning to sew with her maternal grandmother from New York early in her life, and also the influence of her paternal grandmother from New York who made 4-H quilts. Rigdon explains how she made her first quilt for her and her roommates at Barnard College. Rigdon tells the story of how the ladies who would eventually start the National Quilting Association got together. She explains how the first National Quilting Association (NQA) shows were put on and where. She also talks about the NQA newsletter and the scope of the National Quilting Association. Rigdon talks about the founding of other, smaller quilting groups like the Daughters of Dorcas and the Cardinal Quilters. She talks about teaching quilting in Fairfax County, Virginia. [show more]

Subject:Quiltmakers
Sewing
Quilting--Patterns
Quilting
Appliqué--Patterns
Quilting shops
Machine quilting
Quilting--Periodicals
Quilting--United States--Patterns
Quilting--Vocational guidance

Description:Pepper Cory is a professional quilter. She relates how she started quilting, and how she makes her living within the quilting world. She describes her work space in her studio, as well as her process for selecting fabrics and creating the quilts. She talks about the importance of the International Quilt Festival and other cultural and business moments for that world. [show more]

Type:Oral History

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Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Subject:Quilts.
Quilting.
African American folk art.
Quilts--Design.
African American quilts.
Quilting arts workshop
Quilts--United States--History--20th century.
Quilting--United States--Patterns.

Description:Clark discusses her career in crafting quilted clothing. She notes her early experiences with quilting, as well as her transition from producing bed quilts to working with quilted clothing. She talks about how she uses her quilted clothing to comment on contemporary social or political questions, as well as discuss some of the quilters and works she admires most. [show more]

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

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Description:South Carolina quiltmaker Renee Dugan talks about her history as a garment sewer, quiltmaking with her family, and about making quilts for use.

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

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Type:Oral History

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Type:Oral History

Subject:Quilts--Design
Art festivals.
Quilts--United States--History--20th century--Exhibitions.
Quilts.
Quilting.
Quilts--Design.
Quilts--United States--History--20th century.
Quilting--United States--Patterns.
Quilts in art
Craft and art
Craft festivals.

Description:Burnstein discusses her career as a quilter. She talks about how she started quilting, and her thoughts on quilting and history. She also describes her work as an art therapist, as well as working with the art quilts at the Sedgwick Quilt Show.

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

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Type:Oral History

Subject:Quilts--Design.
Quilts
Quilting
Fabrics
Fabric arts
Textiles
Textile artists
Decorative arts
Crafts & decorating
Women
Artists
Women's history
Sewing
Arts & crafts
San Francisco (Calif.)
Families
Communities
Germany

Description:Marilyn Geary interviews Roberta Horton, a quilter and quilt teacher, about her quilts and her quilting career. Horton first talks about the quilt she brought to the interview, titled "Frau Horton." She discusses her experiences travelling to Germany and teaching quilting classes there, which inspired the creation of her quilt. She also talks about various fabrics from around the world and how she incorporates these fabrics into her quilts. She details her creative process in both choosing fabrics and turning these fabrics into quilts. Horton talks about her general attitudes towards quilting, including her favorite aspects of quilting, the proper preservation of quilts, the qualities of a great quilt and quilter, and the importance of quilting in women's history. She speaks on personal aspects of quilting, such as the future of her "Frau Horton" quilt, her hometown's influence on her quilt designs, and her relationship with her sister, who is also a quilter. [show more]

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History