Description:

This is my take on a signature/community quilt. The quilt design is based on the Lula Magnolia Panel Quilt by Amy Smart of diaryofaquilter.com. I used 30 eight-inch blocks - fifteen full blocks and fifteen pieced 16-patch blocks - set off with sashing to help show off each individual block. My small community of friends and family came together to design the 16-patch blocks. It is quilted with a paper doll motif to represent community and togetherness. Of special note is the center pink text block, where I pieced the cut of fabric together to make the word "together" read as one unit - giving this quilt another layer of the "Together" theme.

Dimensions:

48" x 54"

Artist Statement:

I have been the primary volunteer photographer for the GSAFE auction for the past two years. Thanks to a GSAFE donation last year, I was given the "Happy Home" fat quarter bundle by AGF - a bundle with home, love, inclusion, and community motifs. When I heard the theme for this year's auction was "Together," I immediately thought of a community coming together and knew that I needed to use the "Happy Home" bundle to make something this year. I decided to create a community quilt because I liked the idea of coming together to share my love of quilting with my artistic but non-quilting friends and family, while also creating something for a good cause. Quilting as a craft also involves piecing individual fabrics together to create a larger piece. I like the various layers of "togetherness" that my quilt illustrates