Dayenu: The Leftovers Part II

My exhibit Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough includes fourteen art pieces, 28 flags, eighteen Leftover Quilts, and two texts, totally over 70 individual objects. This is the second blog entry of three introducing The Leftovers.

A safe practice for quilting is to have more than enough yardage on hand to implement each project. There is always a question of what to do with the extras after the original project is completed. For Dayenu, I wanted to use every bit of the fabric. My solution was to fashion additional quilts until all unused fabrics were depleted. The Leftovers is the 15th piece for the exhibition; an assemblage of those quilts.

Colored Denim from Four Worlds Quilt. 64”H X58”W. 
BubbeWisdoms and Denim 59”W X45”H.
72 Names Leftovers. 70”H X 95”W.
Leftover Butterflys. 90”H X 80”W. 
Blacks and Denims. 89”H X 79”W. 
Colored Denim Scrap Log Cabin. 65”H X 65”W. 

Published by SilkQuilt

Pittsburgh-based fiber artist, Louise Silk, creates art that combines aesthetics and functionality with meaning and memories. From the influence of a 1972 MS Magazine article to the current SILKDENIM label, her quilt experiences culminate in a display of her particular capacity to use her patchwork skills to piece together just about anything into an aesthetic meaningful whole.

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