Running Stitch - A QSOS Podcast explores quilt stories, revealing the inner thoughts, feelings, and motivations of contemporary quiltmakers by drawing on Quilters S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories, the long running oral history project created by the Quilt Alliance in 1999.
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In this episode of Running Stitch , host Janneken Smucker talks with quilt educator and entrepreneur HollyAnne Knight about how technology is transforming the way quilters learn, connect, and create. Drawing on a 2022 Textile Talks interview, they explore Holly Anne's path from new mom making her first T-shirt quilt to founder of String & Story, a thriving online hub for free-motion and longarm…
Running Stitch is back! We're bringing you a special bonus episode: Voices from QuiltCon, featuring mini-interviews from quilters just like you, collected at the Quilt Alliance's booth at QuiltCon 2024. We invited show attendees to stop by and randomly select a question chosen from our Quilters Save Our Stories oral history project. Enjoy this mini-episode, and we'll be back in a week or two with…
Other than the sewing machine, what tool has been the biggest innovation in quiltmaking? Yes, that's right: in this episode of Running Stitch, we're talking all about the rotary cutter. Our guest is Kristin Barrus, a PhD candidate at University of Leicester and a quiltmaker. Kristin's work explores 21st century quiltmaking through the lenses of women's studies, fan studies, and anthropology. We'll…
We're back with our second episode of Season 4! We're continuing our focus on the intersection of technology and quiltmaking, but this time, we're going digital. We're exploring the backstory and invention of Electric Quilt , the leading quilt design software that's been changing how quilters create their work for more than 30 years. Join us for a conversation with Penny McMorris, co-founder of…
We're kicking off a new season of Running Stitch, focused on the intersections of technology and quiltmaking. But it's not just about computers and digital sewing machines! In this episode we're going back to the roots of quilt making to discover how our nostalgic ideas about quiltmaking as a pre-industrial craft is just that: nostalgia. In fact, quilting as we know it exists because of the…
An interview with Roderick Kiracofe, quilt collector and author of Unconventional & Unexpected: American Quilts Below the Radar, 1950-2000 , and historian Janneken Smucker about quilts that defy convention, the creativity of quiltmakers, and what makes a museum-quality quilt. Listen as Rod talks about his career as a quilt collector and seller, and about the weird, wonky, wonderful beauty of…
Quilt enthusiasts have been writing about the craft's history for over 100 years now, first focused on collecting and sharing patterns based on historic quilts, and later collecting and trading published patterns, in essence building an analog database of quilts. These women began to interpret and synthesize quilt history, eventually moving their newspaper clippings and mimeographed copies to…
Sara Trail, and the non-profit organization she founded in 2017, the Social Justice Sewing Academy, has built on a long tradition of quilt artists who use quilts as part of their activist practices. Sara has been sewing and making quilts since she was a child, and transformed her work as a quiltmaker and fashion designer into that of community organizer. The Social Justice Sewing Academy has a…
We often think of quilters as hobbyists, typically women who like to stitch beautiful bedcovers for use around the home, or to lovingly give to new babies or show off at quilt guild meetings. But for centuries, alongside hobbyist quilters have existed professional quilters, those who find a way to earn money for their craft and even quit their so called day jobs. Going pro requires a big leap of…
One of the most exciting aspects of the quiltmaking tradition is that within it, artists continue to innovate the form. Eliza Hardy Jones, has done just that with her remarkable Song Quilts series, combining folk music, oral history, and her creation of a notation system that transcribes music into quilt form. If that sounds completely cryptic, join Eliza, a professional musician, as she joins…
