Interview with Nancy Woods Lyons, May 10, 2004

Interview Summary

Nancy Woods Lyons talks about her personal background. She says she was always surrounded by quilts growing up because her grandmother quilted. One of the quilts, the Snowball quilt, was featured in John Rice Irwin's "A People and Their Quilts" where it was labeled as unidentified. The pattern for the quilt came out in Charleston Daily Mail and was called Snowball. Lyons started her first quilt, The Roman Stripe, at 10 years old. Lyons says she heard about Cardinal Quilters through the "Quilter's Newsletter Magazine." She met the Cardinal Quilters in the 1970's and joined other groups like Hayfield and Springfield Quilters Unlimited and the Virginia Consortium of Quilters (VCQ).

Interview Keyword

Quilt shows/exhibitions Quilting community Women in quiltmaking Family Grandmothers Generational quiltmaking Virginia Consortium of Quilters (VCQ) Quilt magazines Quilt designs Cardinal Quilters Gender roles

Interview LC Subject

Quilting Quiltmakers Quilts Quilt community Virginia Quilted goods Quilt design Childhood

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