I have been sewing since I was a child, but I started quilting in 2020. I worked on an art piece tracking COVID-19 death rates in the US for the first few months. The data kept changing over time, so there were some serious frustrations I had while making it and I'm sure that it is wildly incorrect, but it helped me get through those first few very uncertain months. Please excuse (or enjoy) my cat who loves getting in the way.
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Mid-April through mid-May. I initially embroidered the number of deaths on each day.
Progress in early June
Progress in mid-July
Where I stopped at the end of August
Completed work option 1
Completed work option 2
In summer of 2020 stuck in my childhood home between years at college, I embarked on my first functional quilt design. I wanted to sneakily include different gender symbols in the pixelated pattern, which was executed entirely in fabric from my mother's quilting collection.
In the middle of planning
Halfway done with quilt top
full quilt top
quilt top section
In 2022, I participated in the Industrial Sewing Intensive Program with Catalyst Connections and Protohaven. These are my final samples from the class (seam type in the captions).
flat felled seam
flat felled seam closeup
permanent single straight stitch
double stitch french seam front
double stitch french seam back
various seam allowances
various seam allowances close up
