>> HELLO, I'M DEANNA SPRINGER,
LIVE AT THE GREAT WISCONSIN
QUILT SHOW, WITH INSIGHTS AT THE
EVENT.
AND I AM JOINED BY MODERN
QUILTER TaMARA HOWARD.
WELCOME, TaMARA.
>> THANK YOU.
WELCOME, DEANNA.
I APPRECIATE BEING HERE, I LOVE
BEING HERE.
IT'S MY FIRST TIME AND I'M JUST
HAVING A PHENOMENAL TIME.
>> IT'S GREAT TOMMY YOU AND
TO MEET YOU.YOU'RE ALSO TEACHIN.
>> I AM, I'M TEACHING A LECTURE
CALLED KENTE QUILTS.
I'M A MODERN QUILTER ROOTED IN
TRADITION, TRADITIONAL PIECING
AND TYING IN THAT MODERN
ELEMENT.
IT'S BEEN SO MUCH FUN.
>> TELL US ABOUT THE QUILT
BEHIND US.
>> IT'S CALLED ECLIPSE.
IT'S A FUNNY STORY. I'M ONE OF
MY FAMILY'S GENEALOGIST.
WE WERE GOING DOWN TO GEORGIA TO
DO SOME RESEARCH, AND I WAS
PASSING ALL OF THESE COTTON
FIELDS AND THEY HAD COTTON DECOR
EVERYWHERE IN GEORGIA, SO WHEN I
GOT HOME, I WANTED TO FIND SOME
COTTON THAT I COULD DECORATE MY
HOME WITH, AND I BOUGHT THIS
BEAUTIFUL WREATH, AND SO I WAS
INSPIRED TO CREATE THIS QUILT
BASED ON THAT WREATH, AND SO
THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
INITIALLY I CALLED IT COTTON
WREATH, BUT MY SISTER RENAMED IT
ECLIPSE.
SO THIS IS ALL WITH PATTERNS.
SOME OF THEM ARE AFRICAN, SOME
OF THEM ARE AUSTRALIAN PRINTS AS
WELL, AND I USED INSET CIRCLES
TO CREATE THE 2-INCH DIAMETERS
OF THE RINGS.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S JUST A REMARKABLE WORK OF
ART.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> HOW DID YOU GET STARTED
QUILTING?
>> SO MIGRATE GRANDMOTH MY -- MR
WAS A QUILTER AND I HEARD A LOT
ABOUT HER COLORFUL STORIES AND
THAT INSPIRED ME TO BECOME A
QUILTER AS WELL, BUT THE SECOND
GENERATION WOULDN'T TEACH ME.
[LAUGHTER]
THEY DIDN'T ENJOY QUILTING, THEY
DID IT BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO
BECAUSE OF NECESSITY AND KEEPING
WARM.
THEY WERE MORE SO INTO CLOTHING
AND BEING A SEAMSTRESS, SO I HAD
TO TAKE CLASSES AT THE COTTON
BALL AND I BEGAN QUILTING THERE.
>> TERRIFIC.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT YOU AND YOUR TECHNIQUES
AND YOUR QUILTS, WHERE CAN WE
FIND YOU ONLINE?
>> I AM ON INSTAGRAM UNDER
FOLXQUILTS, I'M RIGHT THERE,
EASY TO FIND.
FOLKQUILTS.
I POST NOT OFTEN BUT OFTEN
ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU INTERESTED.
>> BEAUTIFUL CONTENT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME FOR
THIS INTERVIEW!
>> APPRECIATE IT.
>> SO GREAT TO MEET YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ENJOY THE SHOW.
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THE GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW,
INSIGHTS AT THE EVENT.
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EVENT AND NEXT YEAR'S GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW, HEAD OVER
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