Marlene Peterman
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Title
Marlene Peterman
Description
Hester Able interviews Marlene Peterman, a quilter and quilting teacher, for the Quilters' S.O.S. Oral History Project. Peterman discusses personal aspects of her quilting, including how she began quilting, her personal style of quilting, and her daily routine of quilting. She talks about her broader feelings about quilting, including what she believes to be qualities of a great quilter, as well as a great quilt. She discusses personal quilt use as well as preservation. She also talks about the history of quilting in the United Kingdom, and the impact of quilting on American women’s history.
Identifier
2019oh0661_qsosiqf0145
Subject
Quilts
Quilting
Textiles
Textile artists
Decorative arts
Crafts & decorating
Women
Artists
Sewing
Arts & crafts
Quilts--Design.
Great Britain
Women's history
Scottish Americans
Sewing machines
Machine sewing
Quilts as art
Interviewee
Marlene Peterman
Interviewer
Hester Able
Interview sponsor
Leslie Tucker Jenison
Interview Keyword
Personal life
Designing quilts
Museum quilts
Traditional quilts
Historical quilts
Technical aspects of quilting
Hand quilting
Machine piecing
Hand piecing
Stress relief
Teaching quilting
Quilting careers
Scottish traditions
Craft stores
American quilts
Baltimore quilts
Collection
Citation
“Marlene Peterman,” Quilters' S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories, accessed September 29, 2023, https://qsos.quiltalliance.org/items/show/2503.