Textile Talks: Quilters Save Our Stories interview with Gwen Westerman

This Textile Talk, presented live on April 1, 2026, features an oral history interview with quiltmaker, poet, and educator Gwen Westerman for the Quilters’ Save Our Stories project (QSOS). The grassroots QSOS project has been documenting the lives of quiltmakers for more than two decades. QSOS is not only the largest collection of interviews with quilters, but also the largest grassroots oral history project of its kind in the world. Gwen’s interview will be archived with the rest of the historic QSOS collection on the QSOS website, at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, and at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky. The Quilt Alliance’s mission is to work with you to document, preserve, and share your quilt stories. Our projects, including QSOS and Go Tell It, are grassroots—anyone can participate, and we’ll show you how. Join us for a virtual look back and look ahead at how the Quilt Alliance documents our community. Textile Talks are presented each Wednesday by @quiltalliance, @internationalquiltmuseum, @StudioArtQuiltAssociates, and @Surface.Design.Association. Textile Talks are free thanks to these sponsors, and donors like you—thank you! Premium level Moda https://my.modafabrics.com Gold level The Tourville Family Silver level Fiber Art Now/Quiltfolk https://www.quiltfolk.com/, https://www.fiberartnow.net/ Bronze level Alegre Retreat https://alegreretreat.com/ AllQuilty https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllQuilty American Quilter’s Society https://www.americanquilter.com/ Aurifil https://www.aurifil.com Empty Spools Seminars https://www.emptyspoolsseminars.com/ Hobbs Bonded Fibers https://www.hobbsbondedfibers.com/ Misty Fuse https://www.mistyfuse.com Modern Quilt Guild https://www.themodernquiltguild.com/ Nine Patch Fabrics https://www.ninepatchfabrics.com Sacred Threads: https://www.sacredthreadsquilts.com/ Schmetz Needles/ Euro-notions https://www.schmetzneedles.com/ The Quilt Show https://thequiltshow.com/