julie weinstein design: Art Quilts

Bury Guns. Not People.

48 wide x 48 high

Made for entry to the Threads of Resistance Show

http://threadsofresistance.blogspot.com/p/call-for-entry.html

Detail below.

Fill 1,000 Seats
Shortly after the presidential election, we read that Democrats lost more than 1,000 legislative seats

between 2008 and 2016. We have since learned that this is a bit of an exaggeration and that every

president's party loses seats during the term. But we were shocked by the numbers and implications.

We also realized that getting democrats elected at all levels would be a positive focus for our anger,

fear and disgust at the new administration. Not instead of demonstrations, letters, petitions and

phone calls, but in addition to these actions.

The quilt focuses on the idea that we need to fill 1,000 seats with progressive democracts at every level of government to restore some sanity and decency to the nation. There may not be exactly 1,000 chairs on the quilt, but we came close to that number in the custom-designed and printed wallpaper fabric. Check out the floor fabric for more of our ideas about the current political situation.

Please work, vote and participate to fill legislative seats. We can do it!

I collaborated on this quilt with my friend Fran Sharp, artist and quilter extraordinaire. Visit her blog to see her work:

Fill 1,000 Seats
48 wide x 52 high
Made for entry to the Threads of Resistance Show
http://threadsofresistance.blogspot.com/p/call-for-entry.html

Detail of Fill 1,000 seats.
Shows the customer designed and printed fabrics
created for the quilt.

Two Trees, 2014
Made with a variety of materials including cotton, silks, plastic, tyvec and paper.
Sold.


Winter, September 2014 Bark, fabric and other materials sewn and glued on a small quilt.

Pumpkins, 2010.
I started with a photo, sketched, then used fusible applique and free motion quilting.
The oak leaves are dimensional, above the surface of the quilt.