"Crazy Quilt"

by Gordon Snidow

Size:  15"  X 24"

$30.00

My heritage is the farm country of Missouri. My mother's family was numerous , they were all farmers. In the days of no electricity or indoor bathrooms, quilts were made by the farm women to warm and beautify beds.  Nothing was wasted, recycling was a necessity. My aunt made a quilt for me in the late seventies. I thought it was one of the most beautiful art objects I had ever seen. After creating the painting, I visited Missouri.  I found the quilt was made from many pieces of material taken from the worn-out clothes of my cousins, aunts, and uncles. It became a quilt of memories for them and a quilt of family history for me.