The End Game ... and The End of Genius Hour
If you have been following along with my visual record as I create my own archive through quilting, you know that I have been hard at work learning a new life skill!
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Drunkard's Path - Archive of a Social Movement
If you have read my posts from the last few weeks, you are likely as surprised as I am about the interesting connections a quilt has to moments in history. This week I learned so much about the use of quilting as a way to voice political views or support a cause.
Quilts Let's Talk! - A Reminder to Talk About Mental Health
If you have been following the news this week, you may have heard it was Bell Let's Talk Day yesterday (January 28). Check out this story about Ottawa Redblack's Nick Arbuckle, and the meaning of a very special quilt his mother made for him during her struggle with mental health. This is an excellent example of quilt as an archive of memory and love, but also as a meaningful reminder of the importance of talking about and raising awareness of mental illness. Nick Arbuckle: The Quilt
Prairie Point - An Archive of a Feeling
After the exciting cultural and historical connections made through investigations on my previous quilts, this fun orange quilt seems a little 'light' in historical significance. I was expecting big things from this quilt because the details of the binding, patterns and colours are so exciting.
Sunbonnet Sue - An Archive Of Wholesome Femininity, and Inspiration For a Feminist Uprising Among Crafters
After delving into the log cabin pattern of my Antelope Canyon quilt last week, I was excited to discover more about the archived cultural and historical moments embedded in my other quilts.
Antelope Canyon - An Archive of an Ancient Civilization?
Can you believe this beauty of a quilt? This week's quilt taught me so much about the possibilities of the quilt as a record, and of the invisible threads that weave through a quilt pattern and back through time to moments in history.
