Celebration
Irene Roderick
61 x 73 inches
2021
ARTIST STATEMENT
“Celebration” was made during the Inauguration of 2021. After such a long period of isolation, coping with the constant anxiety of the election and the pandemic, I needed to create a more minimal quilt. I was living in a tiny house, and the quilts on my design wall determined the ambience in my space. “Celebration” cleared my head and calmed my emotions.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES
Commercial and hand-dyed cotton fabric, wool/cotton batting, and polyester thread.
Machine-pieced, and machine-quilted (sit down longarm quilting machine).