We hope you are all nearing that time of the holiday season we all look forward to -- putting your feet up!!

We've selected a few Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories especially for the season. So, pour yourself a warm beverage and click on the images below to read about three fascinating quiltmakers: Linda Cantrell of North Carolina (top), Resna Ximines Hammer of Washington, DC (middle), and Karen Kay Buckley of Carlisle, Pennsylvania (bottom). Each begin their interview by sharing a holiday-inspired quilt, and go on to tell about their first quilt memory, their workspace, what makes them tick as a quiltmaker and who inspires them.

Searching the Q.S.O.S. interview collection is a great way to find out more about someone who is coming to your guild to teach, or browse the archive to expand your horizons on different techniques or genres in quiltmaking. There are more than 1,000 interviews on our website and archived in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress!

Perfect holiday reading!

Linda Cantrell, interviewed for Q.S.O.S. by Diana Ramsay in 2009, pictured with her version of "'Twas the Night before Christmas."

Resna Ximines Hammer showing Jewish ceremonial cloths she made during her 2005 Q.S.O.S. interview conducted by Evelyn Salinger.

"The Memories of the Holidays" made by Karen Kay Buckley, interviewed for Q.S.O.S. in 2000 by Karen Bennick