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

	Interviewee: Gant, Alice Interviewer: Musgrave, Karen Project: The Sacred Threads QSOS Interview #: OH43068-006 [View Interview]
	Interviewee: Gillespie, Spike Interviewer: Musgrave, Karen Project: The Texas QSOS Interview #: TX78765-001 [View Interview]
	Interviewee: Colman, Norma Interviewer: Musgrave, Karen Project: The Healing Quilts in Medicine QSOS Interview #: VA22003-007 [View Interview]
	Interviewee: Bruns, Peggy Interviewer: Bader, Margaret Project: The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution QSOS Interview #: NE68850-002 [View Interview]
	Interviewee: Wachter, Kellie Interviewer: Koos-Lee, Kathryn Project: The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution QSOS Interview #: HI98617-DAR003 [View Interview]
	Interviewee: Schreffer, Karla Interviewer: Musgrave, Karen Project: The Barack Obama Quilt QSOS Interview #: BOQ-051 [View Interview]
	Interviewee: Hartwell, Peggie Interviewer: Musgrave, Karen Project: The Women of Color Quilters Network QSOS Interview #: OH45069-002 [View Interview]
	Interviewee: Ebersole, Annabel Interviewer: Musgrave, Karen Project: The Healing Quilts in Medicine QSOS Interview #: VA22003-006 [View Interview]