Description of work: What would you do if someone handed you a box of neckties from some of West Michigan’s most influential power brokers? Would you frame them? Try to sell them on eBay? Wear them yourself? Cut them into bits?
Me? Well, I decided to deconstruct the power ties - literally - and cut them into bits. Armed with a seam ripper and a hot iron, I took the ties apart, reinforced them with fusible interfacing, cut them into 3-inch squares, and recruited volunteers to help me baste the fabric around paper hexagons and then stitch the hexagons together to form feminine, seven-piece flowers with dress fabric at the center of each bloom.
This hand-stitched quilt will consist of roughly 120 hexagon blooms using an English paper piecing technique dating back to the 1930s. The quilt is being hand-stitched by people from all walks of life to symbolize that we all must work together to end domestic violence. Proceeds from the sale of this quilt will go to Safe Haven Ministries. |