This quilt is one that grew and grew as the concept developed. It started as a guild challenge to create one seasonal veggie dish per month for a year. So what to do with a dozen fabric food items? At the same time I put together the view out my kitchen window for a class demo, and got the idea that the two pieces could work together. The food needed to be arranged on a table, and the view needed a window to frame it, but the piece still didn't quite tell a story. Whose story??? MY story! I finally put myself square in the middle of the scene and added all of the personal touches... the old spider plant, the kitchen witch that my mother gave me, and all of my mother's cooking utensils. This quilt brings a smile to everybody who knows me.
2004. Approx 89"w x 81"h.
Materials: commercial cotton prints, metallic and novelty synthetic fabrics, antique dollies, printed napkins, novelty trims, Sulky variegated thread
Photo by the artist