Video of a Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories (Q.S.O.S.) interview with Jinny Beyer conducted by Luana Rubin at the Not Fade Away educational conference held by the Quilt Alliance in Herndon, Virginia on Saturday, July 20, 2013.
Jinny Beyer, Interviewee
One of the pioneering women of the resurgence of quilting in the 20th century, Jinny Beyer was the first designer to create a line of fabric exclusively for quilters. She alone is responsible for setting the industry standard for quality and design for quilters all over the world. Jinny's strength as a designer lies in her contemporary, sophisticated styling and in her remarkable sense of color and shading, a skill which she honed while living in India and making her first quilt. Jinny pieces and quilts by hand. An award-winning quilter, Jinny is best known for her color shading technique used to create dimensional designs that stretch the imaginations of quilters, challenging them to go one step beyond and expand their skill levels. Visit Jinny's website: www.jinnybeyer.com.
Luana Rubin, Interviewer
Luana Rubin is a designer, artist, writer and entrepreneur living in Boulder, Colorado. She is the head buyer and President of eQuilter.com, which she co-owns with her husband and partner Paul Rubin. Her background in textile and garment design, and training in the fine arts, has given her a creative edge as an internet entrepreneur.
Quilters' S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories is a grassroots oral history project of the nonprofit Quilt Alliance that preserves the stories of today's quiltmakers from all over the US and abroad. The growing collection of over 1,200 interviews are presented on the Quilt Alliance website (www.quiltalliance.org/qsos/) and are archived at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.