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My first book review is live! It's in greek, but feel free to use the translation option or ask me to translate in order to read! Hope you like it <3
Old, worn quilt.
You look like an old, worn quilt.
Clutched and clung to, a beacon of hope,
dragged and fingered, been through everything
cool nights
barely visible stars
you’re ripping at the seams, stuffing almost out
patched up, over and over
odd patterns, different thread
old.
worn.
quilt.
Old, worn quilt.
You look like an old, worn quilt.
Clutched and clung to, a beacon of hope,
dragged and fingered, been through everything
cool nights
barely visible stars
you’re ripping at the seams, stuffing almost out
patched up, over and over
odd patterns, different thread
old.
worn.
quilt.
The artwork I made for my Mom’s birthday card this year.
I grew up with a grandma who quilted, but she’d never been interested in passing along the hobby, so when she finally kicked it I was the grandkid who got all her materials, ‘cause I was the only one who knew how to use a sewing machine. Then, in 2015, a friend had a baby and I figured I’d make her a quilt, ‘cause how hard could it be?
oh
my
god
Luckily I am the stubbornest human alive, ‘cause I never woulda finished otherwise. I didn’t know what I was doing, didn’t know the terms to look up how to do anything, I musta reinvented the wheel like eight times and it took ten months, BUT I DID IT.
Figured I’d suffered enough and would never do it again and now I’m on quilt #9 smdh
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I’m hyperventilating.
Holy shit. Holy SHIT.
This is INCREDIBLE.
Oh my god.
I’ve gotta go lay down holy shit look at this how do we just walk by other human beings every day and live our separate lives when there’s a person sitting next to you on the train or in line for coffee who goes home and makes things like this what even IS being human holy shit.
GOOD FUCKING JOB.
Aggie 2011
For this piece I created an intimate space for sharing stories, with ample light and comfortable seating for both viewer and storyteller. The stories come from my grandmother, Mary Agnes Sullivan, and the particpant is invited to take a story or quote from the pile. However, as more stories are shared, the pile dwindles and slowly wastes away until eventually nothing is left but the empty shell. Similar to the loss of these stories, the space itself, in many ways domestic and homey, appears to be coming apart and decaying, turned upside down. The work was inspired by a conversation that occurred between my grandmother and me shortly after the death of her closest friend. She lamented the great loss of information and stories that occurs, and how even the little records one has are never enough to fully explain or encompass each of these moments or this person.
I realized I never uploaded photos of this coat I made tonight after discovering This Photo from the 1998 F/W Dior by John Galliano Haute Couture and thinking how similar the silhouette was. So of course I mimicked it.
The quilting squares were all my by latin women in the early 60s who would sign and date their patches. I was lucky enough to find them all in the thrift along with the pink canvas to go between. The lace is from a valance, and the reverse image of the appliqued woman was a dish towel.
Skirt, overskirt, and paperclip necklace also by me.
I found a photo of my ancestral home in a book on the history of #southsideplace #houston 1935 was the year great grandmother moved in #quilt #embroidery #texashistory
The second time I quilted Joan of Ark.
This one just got first place at the Utah State Fair
OMG I THOUGHT THESE WERE PHOTOS
Oil Paintings by Cindy Rizza
HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID THEY MANAGE THAT?!?!?!?
god damn this is a QUILT ('late day shadows' by nancy messier)
This is the most beautiful quilt I have ever seen! I am going on a history deep dive about this now.
from Dear Jane: The Two Hundred Twenty-Five Patterns from the 1863 Jane A. Stickle Quilt
OMG I love this! Doggies and pride ❤️ Your quilt lines are beautiful!
Happy (early) Pride! I finally was able to make my own quilted pride flag using Modern Domestic's free pattern
My gay dogs with the flag (don't worry they are paid models)
Oh that's a nice couple of blankets, i love crochet and...
OIL PAINTINGS?? WHAT DO YOU MEAN OIL PAINTINGS
Oil Paintings by Cindy Rizza