Beginning today, we will begin featuring a series of Quilters' Save Our Stories interviews, or QSOS for short. 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!" First up, TQS friend and guest Susan Shie!

From Quilters' Save Our Stories and the Quilt Alliance:

"In this interview, Susan Shie discusses at length her quilt "The Potluck/ World: Card #21 in The Kitchen Tarot," one in her series of quilts based on tarot cards. This and other of her quilts feature political imagery from the 2008 presidential election. Her support of Barack Obama and the quilt she made featuring him in its imagery are important to understand her perspective on this time period. She also discusses her family, her interest in quilting, and her environmental advocacy."

Click Here, or the image of Susan's quilt below, to hear her story.

Learn more from Susan here at The Quilt Show by watching her in How to Use Words and Letters on a Quilt with Susan Shie | Rail Fence Quilt Block.

Quilt Photo: The Potluck/ World: Card #21 in The Kitchen Tarot by Susan Shie