After moving across the country to begin a new phase of life, Ann Marie opened one of her many packing boxes to find a stack of old clothing. These favorites dated from the 1990’s and represented important aspects of her life–growing up in Michigan, living in New York in her 20s, music, feminism… Commissioning a memory quilt was a way to keep the memories close and visible on a daily basis. The back incorporates shirt pockets that I filled with notes from her old friends.
The shirts were deconstructed and reassembled in an improvisational style, based on the Memory Lane score by Sherri Lynn Wood. This is a good example of how I can make a cohesive quilt when using clothing in a range of unrelated colors. It also shows how dynamic a non-traditional Tshirt quilt can be.
