Interview with Emily Parson, November 2, 2001
Project: Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: International Quilt Festival
Interview Summary
Patricia Plunk interviews Emily Parson, a quilter, at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. Parson talks about the quilt she brought for the interview, which features a butterfly design. Parson talks about her process of hand dyeing fabrics, which feature heavily in the quilts she creates. She discusses personal aspects of quilting, including how she began quilting, the importance of the quilting community in her life, and how quilting impacts her family. She discusses technical facets of quilting, such as her preferred methods of quilting, how she believes quilts should be preserved, and her favorite and least favorite aspects of quilting. She talks about cultural and artistic aspects of quilting, women's history in relation to quilting, and how she is artistically inspired to create quilt designs. Parson also discusses the importance of art quilts to quilting history and their place in textile museums.Interview Accession
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Quilters Quilt collecting Quilting as art Quilting techniques Quilting communities Textile arts Creative processes Hand dyed fabrics Traditional quilts Art quilts Artistic inspirations Quilt museums Textile museums Hand quilting Machine quilting Quilt designs Quilt sleeves Quilt bindingInterview Rights
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Parson, Emily Interview by Patricia Plunk. 02 Nov. 2001. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Parson, E. (2001, November 02). Interview by P. Plunk. 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.
Parson, Emily, interview by Patricia Plunk. November 02, 2001, 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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