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Naomi Adams
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…
Tags: Alliance for American Quilts, Alzheimer's disease, Ami Simms, art, art quilts, background in art, Blogs, care-giving, Feminism, Fiber Arts Bee (Austin), Jane Sassaman, Karen Musgrave, learning to sew, Liz Kettle, machine quilting, Quilt Purpose - Activism/Awareness, quilt shows/exhibitions, Special Olympics, storytelling, Support from quilting community, Teaching quiltmaking, Texas
Melanie Testa
In this interview recorded live in front of an audience at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas, Amy Milne, executive director of the Quilt Alliance since 2006, interviewed artist, author, teacher, agent provocateur, and firebrand…