Donna Marcinkowski DeSoto

Donna Marcinkowski DeSoto

DeSoto talks about the quilt she brought to the interview, its inspiration, and the materials and techniques she used. She talks about the quilting groups she belongs to as well as how quilting first interested her. DeSoto talks about the quilting classes she took, some of the quilters whose work she particularly is drawn to, and how her family reacts to her quilting. She talks about her creative process, what inspires her, and comments on quilting as an art or a craft. DeSoto talks about her involvement in the Healing Quilts In Medicine project, artist statements, and the great connection quilters have with one another. DeSoto talks about how quilting can reflect her community and why quilting is so important to her. DeSoto wraps up the interview by discussing how positive women coming together to make quilts is, and the positive impact it has had on women throughout history.

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Quilts

Quilting

Quiltmakers

Quiltmakers--United States

Textile fabrics

Art quilts

Arts and crafts

Donna Marcinkowski DeSoto

Karen Musgrave

Fairfax, Virginia

JT Eissenberg

Kim Greene

Cyclea peltata

Fairfax (Va.)

Cancer

Quilting groups

Fairfax Quilters Unlimited

Healing Quilts In Medicine

Women's history