Interview with Linda Lindstrom Freeman, February 13, 2004

Interview Summary

Linda Lindstrom Freeman talks about her personal background. Freeman says that when her kids were young, her aunt tried to get her to quilt. Her aunt, Beth Ford, would bring her quilt patterns to inspire Freeman and make a Sunbonnet baby's quilt for her daughter. She recalls being discouraged when she found out how long the quilting process would take. Freeman started quilting in the early 1980s with Cardinal Quilters after taking a beginning quilter's class. Freeman says that the quilt she has brought to the interview is the piece that she made in the beginning quilting class from Cardinal Quilters. She defines it as her most special piece because it is her first. Freeman says that the quilt represents her family, and each family member has a muslin block that represents their interests. Freeman says that she has not held positions in Cardinal Quilters, but she was the president of Virginia Star Quilters in 1989. Virginia Star Quilters is a Fredericksburg quilting chapter that is in the National Quilting Association. Freeman says she taught for the Quilt Block, a quilt shop in Stafford, Virginia. Freeman speaks on her involvement with the Virginia Consortium of Quilters' documentation project. Documentation Days would allow people to bring in old quilts and fill out forms documenting where it was made, what pattern it had, and what fabric and batting it consisted of.

Interview Keyword

Cardinal Quilters Virginia Star Quilters National Quilting Association Quilting process Quilt designs Fabric Patterns Sewing machines Machine quilting Unfinished objects (UFO) Quilting community Guild leadership Quilt guilds Quilting communities Virginia Consortium of Quilters Documentation Days Virginia Consortium of Quilters' documentation project Quilt shows/exhibitions

Interview LC Subject

Quilting Quilts Quiltmakers Quilt patterns Families. Quiltmaking process Quilters Quiltmaking

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