A selection of my quilts from 1985 to the present, varying in scale, processes and subject matter.
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Speak No Evil, 2018
48" x 39"
Fabrics, embroidery floss, zipper. Fused and machine appliquéd, machine pieced; hand quilted. Photo credit: Jean Vong.
Sometimes, a butterfly isn't a metaphor for metamorphosis; it could be merely the shape of a diseased thyroid. Sometimes, a blue moon--the second full moon in a month--happens on the day of surgery. Sometimes, it was hard to share the news because I didn't feel confident enough myself to reassure others that "everything's okay." Yet despite my anxious expression here, I took enormous pleasure in working with these fabrics and colors and patterns.
FYI The quote in the border is from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Cancer Ward: “Unforeseen and unprepared for, the disease had come upon [her], a happy [wo]man with few cares, like a gale in the space of two weeks.”