I made this quilt for my daughter, using fabric contributed by a couple dozen friends and family members (in addition to fabrics I had left over from countless other projects).

I posted another photoessay over at the Day In The Life LJ community.

I did some volunteer work for Beloved Quilts over the summer, making quilts to donate to homeless shelters, and this is the back of the most recent one I finished. The triangles were someone's unfinished quilt project that had been donated to the Nave Gallery for their crafters' yardsale, and the front of the quilt was made by a volunteer at a previous quilting event -- so three different people worked on this particular quilt.

If you're interested in making Beloved quilts, there should be a quilting day coming up in September -- no sewing experience necessary! Comment here and I'll send you the info as soon as I know when and where the event will be. If you're not Boston-local, you can still make Beloved quilts to donate wherever you are.

We went to Shelburne Museum this weekend to see the quilts, among other things. Their current exhibition is called Man-Made Quilts, and features the work of male quilters from the Civil War era to the present. One piece was by Fraser Smith -- it's the third quilt in the third row, called "Calypso" -- and I took a close look at it but still didn't realize it was made of something other than fabric until I read the placard next to it!