QA facts and figures
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QSOS interviewees
100
Go Tell It! is a video project where we record quilters talking about their quilts. They're short and sweet: how long is a Go Tell It video?
3 minutes (or less)
100
A quilt is commonly described as a textile that has how many layers?
3 layers (a top, batting, and backing)
100
You can find Aurifil thread in many weights (such as 8, 12, 40, 80 wt). As these numbers get HIGHER, does the thread get thicker, or thinner?
Thinner (the higher the number, the finer the thread)
100
This quilter, famous for her portrait quilts, was interviewed for QSOS at our Quilters Take a Moment event in 2021
Bisa Butler
200
Members make our work possible! How many active members does the Quilt Alliance have? Is it: 178 members, 355 members or 597 members
597 members!
200
What is the easiest way to make sure your quilt doesn't become anonymous?
Label it!
200
The Modern Quilt Guild has sponsored an annual quilt show every year since 2013. What is the name of this show?
QuiltCon
200
Ricky Tims isn't just a quilter. He also is a photographer, writer, and musician. What is his main instrument?
Piano
300
The Quilt Alliance does a LOT with a little. How many staff members (full and part-time) does the Quilt Alliance have?
Three! Amy, Emma, and Deb
300
This quilt, made in 1863, has 5,602 pieces. What do today's quilters call it?
The "Dear Jane" quilt
300
QSOS interviews are archived at American Folklife Center at what Washington, DC library?
The Library of Congress
300
Zak Foster, interviewed in 2020, talks about his admiration for a group of quiltmakers in Wilcox County, Alabama. What is the name of this community of quilters?
Gee's Bend
400
Our long-running oral history project is called QSOS. What does it stand for?
Quilters' Save Our Stories
400
The center block of a log cabin quilt is traditionally this color, symbolizing the hearth at the center of a home.
Red
400
Moda Fabrics is celebrating its 50th anniversary! Where in Texas is it headquartered?
Dallas
400
This fabric designer was interviewed in 2022, talked about how the pandemic changed the way she ran her business. What is her name?
Tula Pink
500
What year was the Quilt Alliance founded?
(hint: 2023 was a big anniversary for us!)
1993
500
Quilting declined in popularity in the United States in the middle of the 20th century. But this national event in the 1970s inspired a new wave of interest in quiltmaking.
The US Bicentennial (1976)
500
One of the Quilt Alliance's sponsors is OLFA, a Japanese company who invented this quilting tool.
Rotary cutter
500
This quilter had a long-running PBS show and is credited with inventing "Lap Quilting" 
Georgia Bonesteel