Interview with Margie Ellen Guy Hockman, April 26, 2003

Interview Summary

Margie Hockman introduces herself and her touchstone quilt, which uses her favorite Double Wedding Ring pattern. She talks about her upbringing and her first quilts. Hockman talks about the various quilting guilds she has belonged to and her roles in them. She talks about what special meaning quilts have in women's history, as well as some of the historical-type quilts she has made. Hockman talks about how quilts can be preserved physically and how quilting as an activity can be preserved throughout the generations. She talks about her experiences exhibiting quilts at various museums and exhibitions. Hockman talks about hand quilting versus machine quilting and why they should be judged separately.

Interview Keyword

Virginia Quilt Museum 1930s prints Sewing machines Quilting guilds Women's history Hand quilting Machine quilting

Interview LC Subject

Quilts Quilting Quiltmakers Quiltmakers--United States Virginia Quilt Museum Quilting--Patterns Quilting--United States--Patterns Quilts--United States Sewing Double wedding ring quilts Appliqué

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