Visions and Voices

About the Book

Visions and Voices is the history of Quilters’ Connection, a quilt guild in Arlington, Massachusetts. Founded in 1977, its membership encompasses a wide range of quilters, including some professionals with international reputations. The story of Quilters’ Connection provides a window into the quilting renaissance of the late twentieth century, especially into the continuing tension between “traditional” and “art” quilters. The book is based heavily on interviews with over sixty present and past members, whose stories not only tell the history of one guild, but also tell of the importance of quilting in the lives of quilters everywhere.

About the Author

Verena Rybicki has been an occupational therapist, a mother, and learning disabilities teacher. She has been further shaped by the three cultures she has lived in, each with a long history in the textile trade: England, India, and New England. Now a quilter and writer, she has published numerous articles in Traditional Quilter, Quilting International, American Quilter, and Art Quilter. In 1981 she joined Quilters’ Connection, a young, vibrant quilt guild in Arlington, Massachusetts. Her experiences there prompted her to write Visions and Voices, a history celebrating the guild’s importance to the quilting world and the lives of its members.