Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Subject:Marshall, Suzanne
Quilts.
Quilting.
Quilts--Design.
Appliqué--Patterns

Description:Marshall discusses how she began quilting and her growth as a professional quilter. She discusses the various inspirations for quilts based off of her travels and books that she has read. Intermixed with her answering questions, she provides anecdotes about the creation, inspiration, and thought-process behind several individual quilts that she has produced over the years. [show more]

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Subject:Quilts
Quilting
Textiles
Decorative arts
Crafts & decorating
Textile artists
Creative ability
Folk art

Description:Karen Musgrave interviews Suzanne Staud, a quilt maker, for the Quilt Alliance's Quilters' S.O.S. Project. Staud discusses her personal contributions to the Quilt Alliance's raffle quilt for their 2003 conference in San Francisco, California. She talks about her inspiration for the quilt, Harriet Powers, and her love of folk art. She details individual parts of her quilt and the inspirations for each part. She then talks about her personal feelings about the raffle quilt as a whole and further details how she was influenced by folk artist Harriet Powers. [show more]

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Description:Tata Bakradze lives in the Republic of Georgia where she began as a painter, and now uses quilting as another form of artistic expression. She originally did not like quilting, however, after she took a class taught by Karen Musgrave she became more excited about quilts. [show more]

Type:Oral History

Subject:Quilting
Quilts
Quilts--Design
Quilts--Netherlands
Quilts--Techniques
Quilts--Education

Description:Storm van Weelden talks about being depressed due to a health problem and deciding to make a black quilt. She talks about how this quilt, along with successful surgery, bought her joy. Storm van Weelden talks about owing to America everything that she knows about quilting. She references her background as a textile teacher and her desire to know more about quilting as well as organizations and individuals in the United States that taught her many techniques. Storm van Weelden talks about quilting in Holland and about her textile education. She mentions the importance in quilting of friends and sharing of knowledge. [show more]

Subject:Quilts
Quilting
Women
Textiles
Crafts & decorating
Textile artists
Decorative arts
Artists
Visual arts
Storytelling
American women 1600-1900
Women’s voices

Description:Amy Henderson interviews Teddy Pruett, a quilt maker at the American Quilt Study group conference in Williamsburg, Virginia. Pruett discusses the quilt she brought for the interview, which showcases her humorous, unique style of quilt making. She talks about how she began to quilt and how her style developed through her unconventional methods. Pruett also talks about how quilting influences her every day life as a creator and a quilt appraiser. She discusses the artistic qualities of a great quilt and a quilter and gives her opinion on the importance of storytelling in quilt making. She gives advice to future quilters and quilt historians, emphasizing the importance of stories and personal expression in the art. [show more]

Description: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 of which has been displayed in exhibits around the country. [show more]

Type:Oral History

Description:Teresa Barkely learned how to sew at the age of five, and began quilting at a young age. She entered her first quilt show when she was a teen, and won a ribbon for her quilt “Denim Quilt.” She is most known for her stamp quilts, and see art as a form of accessible art that does not alienate the viewer like other traditional forms of art. [show more]

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Description:Terese Agnew began as a sculptor from Wisconsin, however, shifted to quilts as a better medium to promote her artistic expression. Because of her artistic background, many of her quilts try to use fabrics in interesting and creative ways. In her interview she discusses the evolution of her quilt “Portrait of a Textile Worker”, and the inherent symbolism of quilts as representations of caring and warmth to evoke an emotional response, especially when depicting political issues. [show more]

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Description:The Uncommon Threads QSOS

Type:Oral History

Subject:Quilts
Quilting
Textiles
Textile artists
Decorative arts
Crafts & decorating
Women
Women’s voices
Artists
Families
American women, 1600-1900
Teachers
Gifts
Creativity

Description:Terrie Newman, a quilting teacher and quilter, is interviewed for the Quilters' S.O.S. Oral History Project. Newman talks about the quilt she brought in for the interview, entitled "Sentimental Me." She discusses the technical aspects of quilting, including hand quilting techniques, the use of photo transfers, and creating her own quilt designs. Newman also talks about the personal aspects of quilting, including how she got started in quilting, her career as a quilting teacher, and the inspirations behind the quilts she creates. Newman touches on the cultural aspects of quilting, such as the impact of quilting on American history, the various quilting guilds she participates in, and her quilt collection. [show more]

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:audio

Description:Thelma Barr is a quilter from Pittsburgh who moved to Dale City, Virginia in 1956. Barr began in apparel, because she loves sewing. She moved to quiltmaking through the National Quilting Association (NQA). Barr earned a blue ribbon for her first quilt that she entered in an NQA show in 1970. She enjoys quilting as a therapy and as charitable work, and works with Nellie's Needlers, the volunteer group for Woodlawn Plantation in Virginia. [show more]

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Type:Oral History

Subject:The West Georgia Quilt Guild QSOS

Subject:Fabrics
Fabric arts
Quilts--Design.
Quilts
Quilting
Textiles
Textile artists
Decorative arts
Crafts & decorating
Women
Artists
Sewing
Arts & crafts
Families
Women's history
American women, 1600-1900
Textile museums

Description:Toni Baumgard, a quilter, is interviewed by Renee Jackson for the Quilters’ S.O.S. Oral History Project. Baumgard talks about the quilt she brought in for the interview, an antique redwork quilt created by a German-American woman in 1913 in Pennsylvania. She discusses the pattern of the quilt and what the symbols mean on the quilt. Baumgard then talks about her own interest in historic quilts, particularly redwork quilts, as she does lectures about redwork. She also talks about her work as a textile preservationist, an interest she had from childhood. She also became interested in quilting during her childhood, as her grandmother was a frequent quilter. Baumgard talks about her personal opinions about quilting, including what makes a great quilt, why quilts are important to women’s and American histories, and how quilts are important to her personal life. She discusses the importance of preserving quilts and teaching future generations how to quilt. Baumgard talks about how she uses her quilt collection and how she gives away the quilts she makes, believing quilts have a wide variety of uses beyond only decoration or utilitarian purposes. [show more]