Block #57

Creator

Elle Zaspel

Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Creator demographics

40; Genderqueer, Nonbinary; White; Bisexual, Queer

Materials and construction

Mainly quilting cotton, some miscellaneous fabric sourced from thrift stores and flea markets; Scrap, thrifted, flea marketed, secondhand; Machine sewn; Kaleidoscope with border adapted from “Quick and East Scrap Quilts” compiled by Patricia Wilens (1995)

Description from maker

Kaleidoscopic is a word I might use to describe my gender and sexuality; (for guiding questions) Yes — I felt they got the juices flowing, so to speak. Invited me into the space of dreaming what gender and sexuality could look like as a quilt block

Visual description

kaleidoscope, traditional pattern, with a variety of novelty fabrics, floral, colorful raindrops, blue chambray, and a red horse with an orange background.

Date

2023

Dimensions

12.5x12.5

Rights

The Euphoria Quilt

Identifier

TEQ-2024-01-57