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Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories

Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories (Q.S.O.S.) creates, through recorded interviews, a broadly accessible body of information concerning quiltmaking, both present-day and in living memory, for scholarship and exhibition. This grassroots project continually captures the voices and stories of quiltmakers and posts the transcribed interviews here. Our downloadable how-to Manual has everything you need to conduct your own Q.S.O.S. interviews. Our archive for the original audio recordings and photographs is the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.

Q.S.O.S. volunteers from across the country conduct and transcribe these interviews. We appreciate their generosity of time and dedication to the project. We are always looking for guilds, organizations and individuals to undertake their own Q.S.O.S. projects and join us.

If you require more information about either an interview or how to join us, please use the contact form to E-mail Q.S.O.S.

Click here to view our first online publication:
The Barack Obama Quilt Project--interviews with quiltmakers who have made quilts inspired by President Barack Obama

Recently Posted Interviews

Day, Leah Interviewee: Day, Leah
Interviewer: Helms, Alice
Project: The Asheville Quilt Guild QSOS
Interview #: NC28803-014
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Tims, Richard Interviewee: Tims, Richard
Interviewer: Cox, Meg
Project: The Texas QSOS
Interview #: TX76308-001
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Mitchell, Elaine Interviewee: Mitchell, Elaine
Interviewer: Kolzow, Carolyn
Project: The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution QSOS
Interview #: OR97008-OSSDAR55
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Van Hengel, Ingrid Interviewee: Van Hengel, Ingrid
Interviewer: Wright, Jeanne
Project: The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution QSOS
Interview #: ME04105-001
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Evans, Elaine Interviewee: Evans, Elaine
Interviewer: Forbes, Nola
Project: The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution QSOS
Interview #: VT05819-026
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Rupp, Joyce S. Interviewee: Rupp, Joyce S.
Interviewer: Wilkinson, Eleanor
Project: The South Central Michigan QSOS
Interview #: MI49016-020
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Buhler, Lori Interviewee: Buhler, Lori
Interviewer: Schultz, Pam
Project: The South Central Michigan QSOS
Interview #: MI49016-002
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Nardello, Maryanne Interviewee: Nardello, Maryanne
Interviewer: Bowman, Sue
Project: The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution QSOS
Interview #: OR97008-0SSDAR54
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