Interview with Ami Simms, November 2, 2002
Project: Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: International Quilt Festival
Interview Summary
Ami Simms discusses how she became interested in quilting, as well as how she became a quilting teacher. She talks about the quilt she brought to the interview entitled "Saint Basil's Cathedral," her usage of the internet to enhance the connection between quilters throughout the United States, as well as the classes that she is teaching at the Houston Quilt Festival. She also provides her input on whether she is a traditional or contemporary quilter as well as her opinion on the hand vs. machine debate in terms of quilting and applique.Interview Accession
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Simms, Ami Interview by Jo Frances Greenlaw. 02 Nov. 2002. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Simms, A. (2002, November 02). Interview by J. F. Greenlaw. 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.
Simms, Ami, interview by Jo Frances Greenlaw. 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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