Pat Davis shares a family quilt for GO TELL IT!

GO TELL IT!

The Quilt Alliance Is a non-profit organization headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina. Its mission is to promote quiltmaking as a grassroots art form, share the stories of quilts through documentation and gathering oral histories, and preserve the stories by archiving the information for study and research by current and future generations.

QA has a variety of projects and activities designed for these purposes. Among these are longer length interviews known as Save Our Stories and much shorter video-recordings known as "Go Tell It!" quilt-story statements. We invite you to visit the Quilt Alliance website to learn more about their valuable contributions to quilters' oral histories and how you can help. https://quiltalliance.org/ 

Smoky Mountain Quilters supports Quilt Alliance activities through a guild membership and by
facilitating Go Tell It! video recordings.

These simple video recordings involve •one quilt •one person *one camera. They are about 3 minutes in length, briefly edited if necessary, and are posted on the Quilt Alliance YouTube channel for public viewing.
https://www.youtube.com/
​Search: Quilt Alliance Go Tell It
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We film public stories, so a membership in our guild is not required. 

Smoky mountain quilters special members' exhibit at the emporium

From prepwork to takedown and give-back the quilts made by our guild members added a glow to The Emporium's ground-floor exhibit hall! The quilts beautifully embraced the space and even served as a backdrop for a wedding during the month-long exhibit. We managed to hold a Go Tell It! event, and new videos are now in the que for uploading to YouTube for viewing pleasure. Merikay Waldvogel took the reins and organized a stellar event! Kudos to everyone who helped create such a positive experience!

EVERYDAY ARTS • East Tennessee History Center • Knoxville, tn

Three members of SMQ gathered with other local artists and crafters on the Saturday set aside for downtown Knoxville's "Chalk Walk.'" We were fortunate to visit with hundreds of visitors including children. Nancy prepared activities for the kids that they enjoyed very much. We shared a variety of embroidery, sewing, and quilting projects including both traditional and modern approaches to the works in progress. We enjoyed the demonstrations by the participating artisans and went home at the end of the day tired, but filled with inspiration.