Fred Fuston & Karla Poggen

Fred Fuston & Karla Poggen

Fred Fuston and Karla Poggen each contribute to this interview. Raymond Fuston was the father of Fred Fuston, and the grandfather of Karla Poggen. Raymond Fuston created an appliqued quilt top in 1933-1948, while he was on duty at the Paris, Texas firehouse. It is red and white - standard firefighter colors - and features international symbols of firefighting. Raymond Fuston made two other quilts while the family lived at the fire station. They are scrap patchwork quilts and include some fabric from feed sacks and flour sacks. The family intends to donate the firefighters' quilt along with a fire truck (built by Raymond) to a local museum. Raymond Fuston's fireman's quilt top was stored in a cedar chest from 1945 to 1990. Significantly stained, it was cleaned and restored to its original white. The family had it professionally quilted in 1993.

A lifelong sewer, Karla Poggen started quilting in 1996 after seeing some nontraditional quilts in a shop. Poggen learned to quilt mostly from books. She likes watercolor and kaleidoscope quilts. Most of her quilts are wall hangings. She feels great quilters are anyone who is passionate about quilting. Quilting is Poggen's expressive outlet. She sees quilts emerging as a recognized art form today.

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Quilts--United States--History--20th century.

Quilts--United States

Quilters

Quilting.

Quiltmakers

Quiltmaking

Quiltmaking process

Quiltmaking purpose

Quilts

Families.

Fire fighters.

Fred Fuston

Karla Poggen

JoAnn Pospisil

Karla Poggen

Houston, Texas

Sarah Cleary

Lori Miller

Quilt purpose - Commemorative

Firefighting

Machine quilting

Quilt conservation

Machine applique

Quilt tops

Paris (Tex.)

Raymond Fuston

Fred Fuston

Karla Poggen

Fathers

Grandfathers

Family

Firefighters

Quilt preservation

Watercolor quilting

Kaleidoscope quilts