Recording Quilters' Stories. May the stories never end ~

Now might be the best time....if you are not already a member of , then now might be the best time to donate or join.  Quilt Alliance  came together in 1993  to meet a need to record the stories of  quilts and quilt makers, to keep the stories safe and to share them with the world.

Here's a teaser of an upcoming interview





The benefit of now is that StoryBee will be traveling to Quiltville in Episode 10 to visit with Bonnie Hunter followed in mid-December with a visit with the maker of exquisite quilts  Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry.

You know how it goes....membership has its privileges.  Making a generous $30 donation by November 30 will get you a chance to win Bonnie's latest book, String Frenzy, and a chance to win an issue of Quiltfolk.   Joining by December 30 will get you Bonnie's Garlic Knots quilt pattern. 

There is so much to be learned from quilts and quilt makers and the performance of Quilt Alliance is spectacular.

 Here is an excerpt of just one interview found in the Quilt Alliance archives.

Center For The Quilt Online › Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories › Interviews Index ›

Kathy York

Quilt

Q.S.O.S.
Tape Number: TX77010-028

Interviewee:	Kathy York
Interviewer:	Peggy Ann
Transcriber:	Katie Demery
Project Name:	The International Quilt Festival QSOS
Event:	International Quilt Festival
Location:	Houston, Texas
Date:	2011-11-04
Time:	10:15 AM

PA: Kathy, will you tell me about the quilt you brought today?

KY: The quilt I brought today is called 'Fifty Female and Fearless'. It's a quilt that is very meaningful to me because it shows a bicycle rider with her arms outstretched riding on a bike and often I ride my bike like this with my hands off the steering wheels. It's all about balance and being able to take risk and kind of being fearless to embrace the world. To me, that's sort of a metaphor for my approach to art quilting because you have to balance your quilting with your life and you have to be willing to take risks and learn new techniques. You have to be fearless because sometimes making art evokes a certain fear. There's a fear of success. There's a fear of failure. There's a fear of having an idea and not being able to represent your idea the way it is in your head. Maybe your skills aren't good enough....................

Go Tell It ~

Torch sent me a link to Quilters' Alliance.Org and I'll soon get back around to sharing that information BUT, for today, I found these quilters who are telling their story about their quilt in 3 minutes or less.   As they say, there's always a story.    For example, here is Trisha Frankland who tells her story about one quilt in under 3 minutes.....quilts that bond quilters. 

and then a sad quilt story, but one that must be shared, less we forget.  Jeanne Hewell-Chambers at Houston Quilt Festival, 2017 talks about Aktion T4 and how the victims are being remembered in quilts being made....one at a time....around the world.

We all have quilt stories to share.   Go forth and help preserve the art of quilting.

The Literate Quilter: Red & White Quilts: 14 Quilts with Timeless Appeal...

I read, I quilt, I follow Nancy Bekofske.... The Literate Quilter who blogs about quilts, books and what she loves.   And,  how lucky that her latest book reviewed is all about quilts...a book spotlighting the red and white quilts of fourteen designers. 

The Literate Quilter: Red & White Quilts: 14 Quilts with Timeless Appeal...: I adore red and white quilts and was eager to get a look at Red & White Quilts from That Patchwork Place. Fourteen designers were a...

Yesterday Revisited BOM No. 10......Corn and Beans

I'm a country girl so corn and beans are old standbys....at the dinner table or on the sewing room cutting table.   Have fun with BOM 10.  Your challenge will be not when to start.....but where to stop.  Here's how you do it ~

Here are a few inspiring pictures found on Pinterest ~

Lovin' every minute of this job.