Saturday, June 25th from 2pm-7pm
Fashion Denver | 1070 Bannock Street
Come and tell your story..
It’s hard to believe that commonplace objects, such as clothes, shoes, and books, will tell the tales of this time in history a few years down the road. However, fads and fashions become pieces of nostalgia and remind us of times past (case in point: the recent obsession with everything 80’s). But even the simplest of things can become pieces of bonafide art, a point Eliza Fernand makes with her touring project, Quilt Stories, coming to Fashion Denver this Saturday.
Photo from Boise Weekly’s article about this fantastic project..
Eliza travels the country, setting up camp in various cities, and collecting stories and anecdotes about quilts from passersby. “Quilts are such a part of the American life, that everyone has had some run-in with a quilt at some point,” she says. “The stories are sparked by a quilt memory but their contents vary greatly, this is what I had hoped- I encourage tangents. One trend I have noticed is that quilts are often given to mark rights of passage- birth, graduation, marriage.”
Throughout her travels, Eliza has heard many fascinating and touching stories, signifying … Read more!
