Interview with Eileen Doughty, September 2, 2008
Project: Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Virginia
Interview Summary
Eileen Doughty says the quilt she brought to the interview is named "Niggle's Leaf" and was inspired by a story that she read as a teenager, called "Leaf by Niggle" by J.R.R Tolkien. Doughty shares that she has been quilting since 1986 and that her mother got her into it. After she graduated college, her mother mentioned that she was taking a quilting class, and it inspired Doughty to take one as well. Doughty says that she walked into a quilt store and after speaking with a customer, happened to start doing quilt commissions. She talks about becoming a regional representative for Studio Art Quilting Association (SAQA). Doughty also belongs to a metropolitan quilt group that she helped found in 2001 called Quilt Art (Q&A). She talks about her family's support of her quilting. She talks about her inspiration, including other artists and art history classes. Doughty describes her studio. She describes her preparation and process for quilting. Doughty gives advice for beginner quilters.Interview Accession
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Doughty, Eileen Interview by Karen Musgrave. 02 Sep. 2008. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Doughty, E. (2008, September 02). Interview by K. Musgrave. Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Virginia. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Doughty, Eileen, interview by Karen Musgrave. September 02, 2008, Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Virginia, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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