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Quilting and Difficult Times
Running Stitch - A QSOS Podcast
English - July 09, 2020 14:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBCrafts Leisure Arts Visual Arts textiles crafting crafts fabric oralhistory quilt quilting quiltmaking quilts sewing Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 02: Quilts and Activism
Next Episode: Episode 04: Quilts and Civil Rights
Let’s face it. It’s 2020 and 2020 won’t quit. We are living through difficult times. While the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are unevenly felt, we are all in the midst of it. QSOS oral history interviews often ask, “How have you used quilts to get through a difficult time?” Our guest for this episode, artist and maker Melanie Testa, first interviewed for the project in 2010, joins host Janneken Smucker to share how she has responded to the COVID-19 crisis by digging into her vast fabric stash and a network of generous friends to make masks to distribute to essential workers.