The Alliance for American Quilts has launched a program called Quilters’ S.O.S.–Save Our Stories. According to the Alliance for American Quilts, the goal is to create, through recorded interviews, an accessible body of information concerning quiltmaking. The archive for the original audio recordings and photographs is the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
C&T author Louise Handley was recently invited to participate in the project. She is well known for her method of Snapshot Silhouette Quilting. That is also the topic of her C&T book Fabric Silhouettes.
After reading the interview, I learned so much about Louise and the role quilting plays in her life. Did you know her hand painted ornaments have been on the White House Christmas tree twice? If that wasn’t enough, she was also invited for tea at the White House. Click here to read more about how quilting impacts her family and has helped get her through some tough times.
I am so glad the Alliance for American Quilts has launched this S.O.S. project. It is exciting to think that no matter how much time and technology changes in the future, generations from now people will still be able to access this priceless information.
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Megan, thanks so much for sharing info about Louise Handley’s Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories interview with your readers. The Alliance for American Quilts is so proud to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this unique and powerful project this fall. Project volunteers recently posted the 900th interview in the collection, so please do visit http://www.allianceforamericanquilts.org/qsos/ to read Louise’s interview and so many more fascinating stories.