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Identifier Title Type Subject
NY14543-001Zylpha SiudaraOral History
Type:Oral History
CA90505-DAR001Zora SellikenOral History
Type:Oral History
QSOS-018Zena ThorpeOral History
Type:Oral History
QSOS-129Zena ThorpeOral History
Type:Oral History
NY11226-001Zak Foster
Alliance-07Yvonne PorcellaOral History
Type:Oral History
Alliance-02Yvonne PorcellaQuilts
Quilting
Women
Textiles
Textile artists
Artists
Decorative arts
Crafts & decorating
Performing arts
Visual arts
Storytelling
Subject:Quilts
Quilting
Women
Textiles
Textile artists
Artists
Decorative arts
Crafts & decorating
Performing arts
Visual arts
Storytelling
Description:Karen Musgrave interviews Yvonne Porcella, a member of the Quilters Hall of Fame, about the 2003 Quilt Alliance's raffle quilt. Porcella describes her artistic contributions to the quilt's design and what they mean to her, personally. She also discusses quilting as an art form and the importance of visual storytelling within the art of quilting. [show more]
QSOS-011Yvonne PorcellaOral HistoryQuilting
Sewing
Appliqué
Crib quilts
Machine quilting
Patchwork quilts
Portraits on quilts
Quilting--Vocational guidance
Quiltmakers
Sewing machines
Type:Oral History
Subject:Quilting
Sewing
Appliqué
Crib quilts
Machine quilting
Patchwork quilts
Portraits on quilts
Quilting--Vocational guidance
Quiltmakers
Sewing machines
Description:Porcella was originally a sewer and weaver before she got into quilting. This background helped her to focus on the colors and fabrics more. She is very traditional and consistent in her methods. She claims that her creativity stems from her observation skills that she learned from her nurse's training. She also talks about her books, and her evolution as an artist. [show more]
CA95415-02Yolanda IbarraOral History
Type:Oral History
MI49016-032Winifred RombaughOral History
Type:Oral History
VA22801-002Wilsene ScottOral History
Type:Oral History
KY40965-DAR001Wilma Johnson
ME04530-001Wendy ReedOral History
Type:Oral History
NC27408-003Wendy HughesOral History
Type:Oral History
IL60640-006Wendy Ferguson-WhiteheadOral History
Type:Oral History
BOQ-010Wen Redmond
MI49016-022Wanda WarnerOral History
Type:Oral History
BOQ-039Vivian MilholenOral History
Type:Oral History
IA51101-003Vivian McPhersonOral History
Type:Oral History
DC20002-002Vivian HobanOral History
Type:Oral History
GA30117-002Vivian FidlerOral History
Type:Oral History
Subject:
Description:The West Georgia Quilt Guild QSOS
DE03Virginia Todd PhillipOral History
Type:Oral History
IL61010-001Virginia SpiegelOral History
Type:Oral History
DC20002-003Virginia QuinnOral History
Type:Oral History
DE07Virginia BartonOral History
Type:Oral History
AL35758-DAR001Virginia Angers KuglarOral History
Type:Oral History
DE13Virginia AbramsOral History
Type:Oral History
Description:Virginia Abrams is a non-traditional quilter from Delaware. She hand-dyes most of her fabrics, and puts them together using an improvisational curved piecing method. She began quilting 3 years before her interview, starting with Nancy Crowe patterns and eventually branching out while studying biochemistry at University of Delaware. Abrams joined the Newark Arts Alliance and started an unofficial group, The Dyeing Ladies, consisting of other artful quilters who dye their fabrics, and some silkscreen painters as well. [show more]
GA30116-DAR001Violette DenneyOral History
Type:Oral History
DC20002-001aViola Williams CanadyOral History
Type:Oral History
DC20002-001bViola Williams CanadyOral History
Type:Oral History
OH43068-001Vikki PignatelliOral History
Type:Oral History
MN55057-004Victoria MillerOral History
Type:Oral History
NY10018-001Victoria Findlay Wolfe Oral History
Type:Oral History
Description:In this interview with quiltmaker and philanthropist, Victoria Findlay Wolfe and interviewer Meg Cox discuss how her upbringing in Minnesota attracted her to quilts, as well as how she uses quilts to connect with the community. Wolfe runs an online collaborative quilting website called Fifteen Minutes of Play, and discusses the use of quilting as a charitable resource. Wolfe also explains her love of the process of quilting, and how the her community projects and the process of quiltmaking provide her with fulfillment. The interview was recorded live at a meeting of the NYC Metro Modern Quilters Guild at Wolfe's home in Manhattan. [show more]
CA95482-01Vicky GroomOral History
Type:Oral History
QSOS-054Vickie HallmarkOral History
Type:Oral History
DE19711-012Vicki GreensteinOral History
Type:Oral History
FL34106-021Vernida GrantOral History
Type:Oral History
IA52659-002Verna QuinlinOral History
Type:Oral History
TX77010-064Venetta MorgerOral History
Type:Oral History
Description:Venetta Morger discusses her quilt made to support cancer research for MD Anderson and its Ovarian Cancer Quilt Project. She shares how she began quilting and her experiences teaching techniques to fellow guild members. She has been a full time quiltmaker since 2007 and now has devoted studio space in her home. She aspired to have a quilt displayed at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas, and has achieved that goal. [show more]
QSOS-010Velda E. NewmanOral HistoryNewman, Velda, 1939-
Quilts--United States--Exhibitions.
Quilts--Design.
Quilters
Quilting.
Quiltmakers
Quiltmaking
Quiltmaking process
Quilts
Sewing
Quilting--Periodicals.
Type:Oral History
Subject:Newman, Velda, 1939-
Quilts--United States--Exhibitions.
Quilts--Design.
Quilters
Quilting.
Quiltmakers
Quiltmaking
Quiltmaking process
Quilts
Sewing
Quilting--Periodicals.
Description:Velda E. Newman was interviewed in 1999 at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. She explains her design process, including studying, sketching, and creating enlarged patterns of her natural subjects. Newman also presents her use of dye and paint, and her careful handwork, to achieve her design goals. Her earliest experience as a quilter is shared, as well as her working style, time management, family, and art education. [show more]