A selection of my quilts from 1985 to the present, varying in scale, processes and subject matter.
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The Breakup of the Nuclear Family, 1985
40" x 40"
Machine pieced, hand quilted cottons. Photo credit: Sarah Wells.
This piece is the first in a series of ‘contained’ crazy quilts, directly inspired by the work of quilt artists Jan Myers-Newbury and Dorle Stern-Straeter. There is only one printed fabric among the many solid colors. I bought that fabric in 1968, and I associated the clothing originally made from it with my full-blown teenage rebelliousness. As the oldest child, my imminent departure for college would indeed split up my nuclear family, and this is reflected in the fractured design.