Interview with Marion Mackey, November 4, 2000
Project: Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: International Quilt Festival
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Mackey describes a baseball-inspired organ donation awareness quilt that she made in honor of her husband's liver transplant. She talks about her love for machine-quilting and storytelling in her quiltmaking. She reflects on the importance of quilting in women's lives. She also collects sewing memorabilia and creates wearable art.Interview Accession
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Mackey, Marion Interview by Karen Musgrave. 04 Nov. 2000. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Mackey, M. (2000, November 04). Interview by K. Musgrave. Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: International Quilt Festival. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Mackey, Marion, interview by Karen Musgrave. November 04, 2000, Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: International Quilt Festival, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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