White on White

White on White: No. 1

Machine pieced, machine quilted.

Cotton fabric, cotton batting.

60 x 75”

2017

Seams seem to be a thing that so many quilters either try and hide or just ignore. But they can create just as much interest as any other part of the quilt. I used a variant of a traditional Irish Chain pattern, and instead of focusing on pattern made through fabric colors, I emphasized the seams. By highlighting the seams by piecing with neon thread, the quilt takes on a different feel as the thread comes through the white fabric and seems to subtly glow.

List of Exibitions:

QuiltCon 2017 - Pasedena, CA

Best of QuiltCon Traveling Show - 2017

Men at Play MQX Special Exibition - 2020

MQG Retrospective Exhibit at The National Quilt Museum - 2021

White on White: No. 2 - Glow

Machine pieced, hand quilted.

Cotton fabric, wool batting.

50 x 62”

2020

This quilt has become about glow and transparency and texture. It’s about what happens when you see through things and deal with subtitles and nuance. The little bit of color showing at seams giving a hint to a pieced block. And in this iteration, texture, specifically the unique texture that’s only created with hand quilting, layers on an additional visual interest.

Using white fabric and neon thread for piecing, I was intentional in creating the see-through effect that gives the illusion of a glow coming through the seams.

Hand quilting reinforced the texture I was wanting to create, and by echoing not only the shape, but the color in a minimal amount of the quilting, I was able to tie together the design in a way that emphasized the glow that I was able to create.

White on White: No. 3 - Radiate

Machine pieced, machine quilted.

Cotton fabric, cotton batting.

60 x 60”

2021

What started as an exploration of technique - using neon thread to piece seams- has evolved into an exploration of so much more.

Confronting viewers with a visual they struggle to process, a quilt that seems to glow, causes questioning, intrigue, and closer examination. Using different color thread in different areas, I've attempted to draw the viewer into the quilt and create a radiating glow. And with just 3 colors of thread, the glow that is created radiates outward, challenging the viewer's perception of fabric and thread.

By simplifying the quilting design to a grid of squares, the play of the thread underneath is allowed to be the focus of the quilt, and quite literally shine through the top. Additionally, repetition through quilting a grid reinforces the simple structure of the quilt, and highlights the seams, and where they converge.