This wholecloth panel quilt uses traditional quilting techniques like trapunto–often considered feminine skills– to contrast the typically masculine professions lauded in American culture and to surface invisiblized professions that are consistently ignored, under-resourced, and scorned, yet arguably more essential to a functional society.
38.5″x32.5″
Commercial cotton panel, cotton batting, cording, cotton thread, trapunto, custom hand-guided longarm quilting
View a viral TikTok video about this quilt made by an AQS Des Moines attendee: https://www.tiktok.com/@glamourviking/video/7144426454355381550
This quilt appeared in the following exhibitions:
- Great Wisconsin Quilt Show 2021
- Quilts = Art = Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center 2021
- AQS Des Moines 2022
- Quilts Unlimited 2022
- New York State Fair 2023