Interview with Donna Marcinkowski DeSoto, May 13, 2009
Project: Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Healing Quilts in Medicine
Interview Summary
DeSoto talks about the quilt she brought to the interview, its inspiration, and the materials and techniques she used. She talks about the quilting groups she belongs to as well as how quilting first interested her. DeSoto talks about the quilting classes she took, some of the quilters whose work she particularly is drawn to, and how her family reacts to her quilting. She talks about her creative process, what inspires her, and comments on quilting as an art or a craft. DeSoto talks about her involvement in the Healing Quilts In Medicine project, artist statements, and the great connection quilters have with one another. DeSoto talks about how quilting can reflect her community and why quilting is so important to her. DeSoto wraps up the interview by discussing how positive women coming together to make quilts is, and the positive impact it has had on women throughout history.Interview Accession
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Quilts Quilting Quiltmakers Quiltmakers--United States Textile fabrics Art quilts Arts and craftsInterview Rights
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DeSoto, Donna Marcinkowski Interview by Karen Musgrave. 13 May. 2009. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
DeSoto, D.M. (2009, May 13). Interview by K. Musgrave. Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Healing Quilts in Medicine. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
DeSoto, Donna Marcinkowski, interview by Karen Musgrave. May 13, 2009, Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Healing Quilts in Medicine, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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