Interview with Marlene Peterman, November 2, 2002

Project: Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: International Quilt Festival

Interview Summary

Hester Able interviews Marlene Peterman, a quilter and quilting teacher, for the Quilters' S.O.S. Oral History Project. Peterman discusses personal aspects of her quilting, including how she began quilting, her personal style of quilting, and her daily routine of quilting. She talks about her broader feelings about quilting, including what she believes to be qualities of a great quilter, as well as a great quilt. She discusses personal quilt use as well as preservation. She also talks about the history of quilting in the United Kingdom, and the impact of quilting on American women’s history.

Interview Accession

2019oh0661_qsosiqf0145

Interviewee Name

Marlene Peterman

Interviewer Name

Hester Able

Interview Date

2002-11-02

Interview Keyword

Personal life Designing quilts Museum quilts Traditional quilts Historical quilts Technical aspects of quilting Hand quilting Machine piecing Hand piecing Stress relief Teaching quilting Quilting careers Scottish traditions Craft stores American quilts Baltimore quilts

Interview LC Subject

Quilts Quilting Textiles Textile artists Decorative arts Crafts & decorating Women Artists Sewing Quilts--Design. Great Britain Women's history Scottish Americans Sewing machines Machine sewing Quilts as art Arts and crafts

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Peterman, Marlene Interview by Hester Able. 02 Nov. 2002. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Peterman, M. (2002, November 02). Interview by H. Able. 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.

Peterman, Marlene, interview by Hester Able. November 02, 2002, 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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