Rachel Clark is an expert when it comes to making quilted garments, and when she was a guest on The Quilt Show we were just blown away by what she could do. For our interview from the Quilt Alliance's Quilters' Save Our Stories (QSOS) program, Rachel shares one of her "Picture This" Vests that she made along with "how she uses her quilted clothing to comment on contemporary social or political questions, as well as discuss some of the quilters and works she admires most."

What are Quilters' Save Our Stories interviews you ask? "Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories (QSOS) is a project of the non-profit Quilt Alliance. The project creates, through recorded interviews, a broadly accessible body of information concerning quiltmaking, both present-day and in living memory. Our archive for the original audio recordings and photographs is the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. QSOS volunteers from across the country conduct and transcribe these interviews. We appreciate their generosity of time and dedication to the project!"

From Quilters' Save Our Stories and the Quilt Alliance:

"Clark discusses her career in crafting quilted clothing. She notes her early experiences with quilting, as well as her transition from producing bed quilts to working with quilted clothing. She talks about how she uses her quilted clothing to comment on contemporary social or political questions, as well as discuss some of the quilters and works she admires most."

Click Here, or the image below, to hear Rachel's story.

Learn more from Rachel by watching her on The Quilt Show in How to Make a Quilted Patchwork Garment with Rachel Clark.

(Photo: Rachel Clark with her "Picture This" Vest)