Art
For My Sisters
- Item Number
- 37
- Estimated Value
- 300 USD
- Leading Bid
- 155 USD
- Number of Bids
- 7 - Bid History
Item Description
Embroidered cotton, beading, hand quilting, sashiko stitching
44" Wide x 42" High
Quilter | Linda Kim
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This block was embroidered by a survivor of gender-based violence in the African Country of Mali. It describes life in her village before she was attacked and expelled during conflict.
The block was turned into a quilt by Linda Kim in Texas. A stay-at-home mother with an MBA, Linda was looking for a creative outlet when she began to take classes at the local community center in ceramics, painting, sculpture, and art. Linda found that she loved working with wood, and this led to fiber material, which often resembled the texture in wood. “I’m a late bloomer!” she says.
Linda is such a committed recycler that her quilt even includes bits of an old shower curtain: “My approach is wonderfully scrappy. I find all that I need on the free tables at meetings. I love knowing that it doesn’t end up in landfills.”
Linda spent the entire summer of 2019 working on For My Sisters. She saw the quilt as an opportunity to send a message about the environment, women’s rights and the family: “As an immigrant woman with two daughters I feel about the plight of women. There is injustice in every culture, based purely on gender.”
Apart from the central image from Mali, the most notable design feature of Linda’s quilt may be the small red heart on the left. This, she says, is a “message of love, hope and friendship from folks in the US to the women in Mali.” She surrounded the heart with a few squares of “patriotic prints” with blue and white stars. Linda also added sashiko thread and beads to her quilt. She covered the old shower curtain with big bold red circles, which seemed most suitable for the backing.
All proceeds from this auction will be invested in a quilting project for GBV survivors in Mali. To donate visit our home page - www.advocacynet.org.
Donated By:
ADVOCACY PROJECT stores data...
Your support matters, so ADVOCACY PROJECT would like to use your information to keep in touch about things that may matter to you. If you choose to hear from ADVOCACY PROJECT, we may contact you in the future about our ongoing efforts.
Your privacy is important to us, so ADVOCACY PROJECT will keep your personal data secure and ADVOCACY PROJECT will not use it for marketing communications which you have not agreed to receive. At any time, you may withdraw consent by emailing Privacy@frontstream.com or by contacting our Privacy Officer. Please see our Privacy Policy found here PrivacyPolicy.