My quilt square is heavily inspired by my childhood and interests. Growing up a lot of girls in elementary school looked down on “girly” things (pink and glitter for example). I wanted to include a lot of feminine or girly aspects into this quilt square and it just so happened that I enjoy those things too. I used a fabric with cats printed onto it because it reminded me of a lot of those Lisa Frank sticker books I had as a kid. I also included a lot of colors that would be considered more girly and different textures of fabric such as satin, denim, and velvet. The velvet pieces remind me of blankets I had as a child as they are printed with butterflies and flowers. I included a different stitch along the cat in the middle as well to portray flowers. With my quilt square I wanted to capture the feeling of nostalgia. I am sure many people can relate the different aspects of my square back to their childhood as well. I wanted the square to be associated with not only my childhood but as described before, many different qualities that are associated with what society traditionally associates with what it means to be a girl. With that being said, the square can be interpreted in many ways, negatively or positively.
While working on this project, I learned a lot about the different factors that go into quilting. Specifically for this project I am interested to see the results when the squares are all sewn together. I want to see what everyone else created because everyone had different ideas of what they wanted to portray in their square. Something I learned also is that many different
methods are used in quilting and there is no correct method. Everybody has their own opinions of what looks good and doesn’t look good in their work. Although I did not participate in the sewing circle Id imagine it had a lot to do with the community aspect of this assignment. In class we learned about how people gather together to quilt for a place to talk amongst each other or just have company.