Julie John Upshaw

Julie John Upshaw

JoAnn Pospisil interviews Julie John Upshaw, an art quilt creator and winner of the best quilt award at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. Upshaw discusses her background as a painter and how it influences the quilts she creates. She talks about her unorthodox methods of creating quilts, preferring to honor creativity over accuracy or tradition. She discusses the role of quilts in her family, community, and personal life.

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Quilts

Quilting

Textiles

Textile artists

Decorative arts

Crafts & decorating

Women

Women’s voices

Artists

Creativity

Fabrics

Fabric arts

Families

Communities

Gifts

Julie John Upshaw

JoAnn Pospisil

Pam Neil

Quilt techniques

Quilt designs

Machine quilting

Women and quilting

Hand quilting

Technical preferences

Traditional quilts

Art quilts

Parent involvement

Quilting in communities

Artistic influences

Home quilts

Bed quilts

Quilt preservation

Quilts as gifts

Creative processes

Quilting as art