Front of the Story Quilt, an avocado-green wholecloth quilt loosely scattered with appliqué and embroidery, and quilted in a bullseye of concentric circles.
Detail shot of the quilt, highlighting some of the appliqué and the quilting.
Seam-side of the quilt top, a network of stitches, knots, and thread tails
Detail shot of the quilt, highlighting some of the thick embroidery and how it interacts with the finer quilting.
Corner section of the seam-side of the quilt top, an outline of a dress strap
Corner section of the quilt, showing the finished result of an appliquéd dress strap
Detail shot of a butterfly made of yellow and white patchwork triangles, appliquéd onto the quilt top and quilted into place.
Detail of the pink and white striped appliqué caterpillar that snakes its way around the quilt.
Detail shot of a tube of Aquaphor lip ointment, made in woven embroidery.
Signature "NB 23" on the back of the quilt, in pastel rainbow embroidery against a pastel rainbow striped background
Front of the Story Quilt, an avocado-green wholecloth quilt loosely scattered with appliqué and embroidery, and quilted in a bullseye of concentric circles.
Detail shot of the quilt, highlighting some of the appliqué and the quilting.
Seam-side of the quilt top, a network of stitches, knots, and thread tails
Detail shot of the quilt, highlighting some of the thick embroidery and how it interacts with the finer quilting.
Corner section of the seam-side of the quilt top, an outline of a dress strap
Corner section of the quilt, showing the finished result of an appliquéd dress strap
Detail shot of a butterfly made of yellow and white patchwork triangles, appliquéd onto the quilt top and quilted into place.
Detail of the pink and white striped appliqué caterpillar that snakes its way around the quilt.
Detail shot of a tube of Aquaphor lip ointment, made in woven embroidery.
Signature "NB 23" on the back of the quilt, in pastel rainbow embroidery against a pastel rainbow striped background

Story Quilt

$420.00

Quilt Details

May–Nov 2023
Cotton and mixed-fiber found fabrics
36 x 36 inches

Process

This quilt was made during a month-long daily practice workshop with Heidi Parkes. Each day for 30 days, she issued a new prompt or set of constraints in embroidery or appliqué. The process reminded me of Sol Lewitt wall drawings—a series of written rules to execute in order to build up to the final artwork.

Mine is a story quilt about spring, and unthawing from a winter of grief.

I documented things that were healing and meaningful for me: walks in the park with my friend, blue jays in the trees behind my apartment, a flower garden in Baltimore, a calendar of loved ones’ birthdays, and my favorite Alexander Girard keychain which I lost, then found.

I used thin thread and tiny stitches to quilt a pattern of expanding concentric circles, quilting straight across the embroidery and appliqué.

Hand pieced, quilted, and bound, using scraps and vintage fabrics.

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Quilt Details

May–Nov 2023
Cotton and mixed-fiber found fabrics
36 x 36 inches

Process

This quilt was made during a month-long daily practice workshop with Heidi Parkes. Each day for 30 days, she issued a new prompt or set of constraints in embroidery or appliqué. The process reminded me of Sol Lewitt wall drawings—a series of written rules to execute in order to build up to the final artwork.

Mine is a story quilt about spring, and unthawing from a winter of grief.

I documented things that were healing and meaningful for me: walks in the park with my friend, blue jays in the trees behind my apartment, a flower garden in Baltimore, a calendar of loved ones’ birthdays, and my favorite Alexander Girard keychain which I lost, then found.

I used thin thread and tiny stitches to quilt a pattern of expanding concentric circles, quilting straight across the embroidery and appliqué.

Hand pieced, quilted, and bound, using scraps and vintage fabrics.

Quilt Details

May–Nov 2023
Cotton and mixed-fiber found fabrics
36 x 36 inches

Process

This quilt was made during a month-long daily practice workshop with Heidi Parkes. Each day for 30 days, she issued a new prompt or set of constraints in embroidery or appliqué. The process reminded me of Sol Lewitt wall drawings—a series of written rules to execute in order to build up to the final artwork.

Mine is a story quilt about spring, and unthawing from a winter of grief.

I documented things that were healing and meaningful for me: walks in the park with my friend, blue jays in the trees behind my apartment, a flower garden in Baltimore, a calendar of loved ones’ birthdays, and my favorite Alexander Girard keychain which I lost, then found.

I used thin thread and tiny stitches to quilt a pattern of expanding concentric circles, quilting straight across the embroidery and appliqué.

Hand pieced, quilted, and bound, using scraps and vintage fabrics.