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AAQ members and volunteers make these exciting and important

projects possible:The Quilt Index Quilters’ S.O.S. –

Save Our Stories

Quilt Treasures Boxes Under the Bed

Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories

Grassroots oral history project preserving quiltmakers’ stories from all over the US and abroad

Archived by The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress

Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Cardinal Quilters MeetingLocation: Alexandria, VirginiaDate: 2002-07-12Time:11:00 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Viola Williams Canady

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Geraldine WhitleyProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Daughters of Dorcas and Sons MeetingLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2004-10-05Time: 11:15 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Vivian Lambert Hoban

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas QSOSLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2004-10-06Time: 10:30 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Virginia White Quinn

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Location: Washington, D.C.Date: 2004-10-06Time:11:15 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Selma Gray Lee

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Location: Washington, D.C.Date: 2004-10-12Time: 11:00 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Gertrude Braan

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Location: Washington, D.C.Date: 2004-10-26Time: Noon

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Joyce B. Nixon

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn Salinger Project Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Location: Washington, D.C.Date: 2004-11-02Time: 11:12 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Frances McDonald Boyd

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Daughter of Dorcas meetingLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2005-03-01Time:11:00 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Pansy Hector Lovelace

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Daughters of Dorcas meetingLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2005-03-08Time:11:15 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Christine Bradford

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Daughters of Dorcas MeetingLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2005-03-15Time: 11:00 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Annie Strivers

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Daughters of Dorcas meetingLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2005-03-22Time: 11:15 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Donnette Cooper

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Daughters of Dorcas meetingLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2005-03-29Time: 10:45 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Ira Phillips Blount

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Daughter of Dorcas meetingLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2005-10-11Time: 10:30 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Frances A. McCannon

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Daughter of Dorcas meetingLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2005-08-23Time: 10:30 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Sarajane Cohron Goodwin

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Daughters of Dorcas meetingLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2005-09-06Time:11:05 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Callie M. Daugherty

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Daughter of DorcasLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2005-09-20Time: 10:30 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Elsie Thomas Houston

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Daughters of Dorcas meetingLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2005-09-27Time:10:15 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Mary V. Washington

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Daughter of Dorcas meetingLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2005-09-27Time: 11:15 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Resna Ximines Hammer

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Daughters of Dorcas meetingLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2005-11-15Time: 10:30 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Jocelyn Gilbert Breeland

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Evelyn SalingerTranscriber: Evelyn SalingerProject Name: The Daughters of Dorcas Q.S.O.S. Event: Daughters of Dorcas meetingLocation: Washington, D.C.Date: 2005-11-22Time:10:30 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Ruth Hamlin Stokes

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Karen MusgraveTranscriber: Kim GreeneProject Name: The Sacred Threads Q.S.O.S. Location: Reynoldsburg, OhioDate: 2009-03-11Time: 9:10 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Vikki Pignatelli

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Karen MusgraveTranscriber: Kim GreeneProject Name: The Sacred Threads Q.S.O.S. Location: St. Charles, IllinoisDate: 2009-03-18Time:11:06 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Rachel Wetzler

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Karen MusgraveTranscriber: Kim GreeneProject Name: The Sacred Threads Q.S.O.S. Location: Fairfax, VirginiaDate: 2009-03-20Time: 9:23 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Lisa Ellis

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Karen MusgraveTranscriber: Kim GreeneProject Name: The Sacred Threads Q.S.O.S. Location: Hixson, TennesseeDate: 2009-03-23Time: 9:09 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Beth Burke

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Karen MusgraveTranscriber: Kim GreeneProject Name: The Sacred Threads Q.S.O.S. Location: Zanesville, OhioDate: 2009-04-06Time: 9:14 a.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Susan Nash

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Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Interviewer: Karen MusgraveTranscriber: Kim GreeneProject Name: The Sacred Threads Q.S.O.S. Location: Trumansburg, New YorkDate: 2009-06-22Time: 1:01 p.m.

Q.S.O.S. Interviewee Alice Gant

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The Quilt Index is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Elaine ZinnInterviewer: Alice HelmsProject Name:The Asheville Quilt Guild QSOSLocation:Asheville, North CarolinaDate:2008-05-27

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The Quilt Index is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Mary FieldInterviewer: Alice HelmsName: The Asheville Quilt Guild QSOSLocation: Asheville, North CarolinaDate:2008-11-03

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The Quilt Index is a project of The Alliance for American Quilts

Barbara SwineaThe Alliance for American QuiltsQ.S.O.S.Interviewer: Alice HelmsProject Name: The Asheville Quilt Guild QSOSLocation: Fairview, North CarolinaDate:2007-11-20

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The Quilt IndexA national online database of quilt images and records

Bringing together institutional and grassroots collections in website.

The Quilt Index is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts, Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU.

The Quilt IndexQuilts from 24 Contributors--State and Regional Documentation Projects,

Public and Private Collections Including:

Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Connecticut Quilt Search, the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project, Illinois Quilt Research Project quilts owned by

Illinois State Museum, Kansas Quilt Project, The Kentucky Quilt Project at University of Louisville Archives and Records Center, Library of Congress,

American Folklife Center, Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, The Mary Gasperik Quilts, Michigan Quilt Project at Michigan State University Museum/Great Lakes

Quilt Center, Minnesota Quilt Project, Mountain Heritage Center, The National Quilt Museum, Nebraska Quilt Project of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, New

England Quilt Museum/MassQuilts, The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey at Rutgers University Libraries/ Special Collections and University Archives, the

North Carolina Museum of History, Quilts of Tennessee at Tennessee State Library and Archives, the Rhode Island Quilt Documentation Project at the University of Rhode Island, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, the Signature Quilt Project, State

Historical Society of Iowa, Texas Quilt Search and the Winedale Quilt Collection at the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, the West Virginia

Heritage Quilt Search, Inc., and the Wyoming Quilt Project, Inc.

The Quilt Index is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts, Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU.

The Quilt Index is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts, Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU.

Quilt Index: New Compare Tool

The Quilt Index is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts, Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU.

Quilt Index: New Zoom Tool

Graveyard, 8-Pointed StarDate: 1850-1875 Large center block is cemetery with coffins. Coffins also inside border which looks like a fence.

Quilt documented by the Kentucky Quilt ProjectIn The Quilt Index

See this quilt and 47,000 more images on the Quilt Index at www.quiltindex.org

The Quilt Index is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts, Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU.

The Quilt IndexMuseum of the American Quilter’s SocietyThe Founders Collection

Boat in a Bottle SamplerTop By: Sandberg, Lyn PeareDate: 1988Location Made: Capitola, California (CA) Array

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The Quilt Index is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts, Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU.

SunburstPattern Names: WheelTop By: Pannell, Rebecca Jane MonteithQuilted By: Pannell, Rebecca Jane MonteithDate: Some of the print fabrics are from the late 1800s, but such a quilt might have been made in the early 1900s. Home-dyeing of fabrics for quilts was quite common in the late 19th and early 20th century North Carolina. Location Made: North Carolina (NC) United StatesProject Name: Southern Appalachian QuiltsContributor: Mountain Heritage CenterQuilting Techniques: Hand quilting

See this quilt and 47,000 more images on the Quilt Index at www.quiltindex.org

The Quilt Index is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts, Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU.

The Quilt IndexMuseum of the American Quilter’s SocietyThe Founders Collection

Blazing SplendorTop By: Woodfield, MarleneDate: 1986Location Made: Laporte, Indiana (IN)

See this quilt and 47,000 more images on the Quilt Index at www.quiltindex.org

The Quilt Index is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts, Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU.

Crazy QuiltDocumented by the Michigan Quilt Project and contributed to The Quilt IndexBy Michigan State University Museum

Grandmother’s Fan Crazy QuiltDate: 1916

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www.quiltindex.org

The Quilt Index is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts, Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU.

TulipDate: 1850-1900Location Made: North Carolina (NC) United StatesProject Name: Southern Appalachian QuiltsContributor: Mountain Heritage CenterLayout Format: Block patternFabrics: Cotton, Other, Solid/plainColors: Green, Red, White, YellowConstruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Triple strip borders set with small pieced blocks at intersections.Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

See this quilt and 47,000 more images on the Quilt Index at www.quiltindex.org

The Quilt Index is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts, Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU.

Pineapple Log CabinTop By: Hall, JaneDate: 1985Location Made: Raliegh, North Carolina (NC) United StatesProject Name: Founder's CollectionContributor: Museum of the American Quilter's Society

See this quilt and 47,000 more images on the Quilt Index at www.quiltindex.org

The Quilt Index is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts, Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU.

Indian Boys and Girls QuiltQuilter Group: Senior Citizens Sewing ClubDate: 1996Location Made: Cherokee, North Carolina (NC) United StatesContributor: Michigan State University MuseumLayout Format: Block patternFabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blendColors: Beige or Tan, GoldConstruction: Hand Piecing, Machine PiecingQuilting Techniques: Hand quilting

See this quilt and 47,000 more images on the Quilt Index at www.quiltindex.org

The Quilt Index is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts, Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU.

Butterfly FandangoTop By: Murkin, ScottDate: 2004Location Made: Asheboro, North Carolina (NC) United StatesProject Name: Oh Wow! Miniature Quilt CollectionContributor: Museum of the American Quilter's SocietyConstruction: Foundation Piecing, Machine PiecingQuilting Techniques: Machine quilting

See this quilt and 47,000 more images on the Quilt Index at www.quiltindex.org

The Quilt Index is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts, Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU.

Quilt Treasures Multi-media portraits profiling key Quilt Revival pioneers

Including quiltmakers, historians, collectors, teachers

Boxes Under the Bed Rescue and recovery efforts to save quilt ephemera,

preserving items you find in your box of quilts

A partnership between The Alliance and the Winedale Center for The Quilt, division of the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

AAQ Quilt ContestsOur annual outreach, documentation and fundraising project.

2006-07 2008 2009

2010 AAQ Quilt Contest“New from Old,” a contest for quilters of all ages that celebrates

the past in the frame of the present

Grand Prize:Handi Quilter HQ Sixteen Quilting Machine for Sit-Down Use

16” x 16” quilt Deadline: May 31, 2010National exhibition scheduleAll quilts entered into the Quilt Index

Download entry form:www.AllianceforAmericanQuilts.org

AAQ EventsBringing together people who love quilts!

"Carolina Canopy"

Nanette Fleischman

Burnsville, North Carolina

cotton, machine applique, machine quilting

The Alliance for American Quilts Put a Roof Over Our Head Contest 2006-2007

The Alliance for American Quilts Put a Roof Over Our Head Contest 2006-2007

"At Home in the Mountains"

Ann Holmes

Asheville, North Carolina

Cotton, painted, fussy cut and fused using maker's technique, machine quilting

The Alliance for American Quilts Put a Roof Over Our Head Contest 2006-2007

"Welcome - Bienvenido"

Amy Hope Moore

Asheville, North Carolina

cotton, silk, machine embroidery, hand beading, machine quilting, beads

The Alliance for American Quilts Put a Roof Over Our Head Contest 2006-2007

4. "Our House"

Keti Kasrashvili, Irina Lavrinenko, Nino "Chuchuka" Chargeishvili

Tbilisi, the Republic of Georgia

cottons, fused, rubber stamps, machine quilting

The Alliance for American Quilts My Quilts/Our History Contest 2008

"Plaids to Polka Dots"

Nanette Fleischman

Burnsville, North Carolina

Cotton fabric, batting, embellished with Swarovski crystals beads, fusing and free motion quilting.

The Alliance for American Quilts My Quilts/Our History Contest 2008

"The Home in the Garden" (First Place)

Allison Ann Aller

Washovgal, Washington

Machine & hand pieced, hand appliqué, photo transfer, hand embroidered & beaded, machine felting.

The Alliance for American Quilts My Quilts/Our History Contest 2008

"Chintz Bird" (Second Place)

Pat Holly

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Decorative machine stitched background, stitched raw edge fused, machine appliquéd, machine quilted.

The Alliance for American Quilts My Quilts/Our History Contest 2008

"Meme's Button Box" (Third Place)

Kathryn Wright

Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Machine pieced and machine quilted; vintage and new embroidery, quilt block pieces, crocheted lace, fabric, photos, button & bead embellishments.

The Alliance for American Quilts Crazy for Quilts Contest 2009

1st contest entry for the Crazy for Quilts 2009 contest

"Ode to Tamar "

By Allison Ann Aller

Washovgal, Washington

Crazy for Quilts Contest•Deadline June 1, 2009•16” x 16” finished size•Any technique, style or materials•Members vote on prize winners