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In the June/July 2020 issue of american craft, Hrag Vartanian writes,
“Craftspeople are a force, providing a shelter with their work, ideas, and comfort in sensitivity. The craft community records our world — with every loose thread, shard of pottery, shaving of wood — and creates stories we may not be able to read yet, but will in the future.” This king-size quilt is the embodiment of 2020 for many of us in the maker community. The quilt top is made from the scraps of thousands of fabric face masks. Sewn in memory of those lost, sewn in honor of those struggling to survive, sewn to commemorate the hours of unpaid labor of thousands (maybe millions) of women around the world who cut, stitched, threaded elastic, packed, delivered, and repeated this every day/week/month of 2020. |
Quilt Blocks by Boston Area Mask Initiative (BAMI) volunteers using their fabric face mask scraps. Quilt Top pieced by BAMI Founder, Stephanie Cave. Quilted and bound by gather here.
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BAMI founder, Stephanie Cave, said “I randomly pieced the quilt top except for the pattern because it was way too big to “arrange” and I don’t believe it was meant to be arranged. Like this past year.”
BAMI volunteers made and distributed over 50K fabric face masks in 2020.
BAMI volunteers made and distributed over 50K fabric face masks in 2020.
PressQuilt in remembrance of those affected by COVID-19 to be displayed at Cambridge library - Wicked Local, March 12, 2021
Quilt Made from 50,000 Mask Scraps to Be Displayed at Cambridge Public Library in Remembrance of the Many Lives Impacted by COVID-19 - City of Cambridge Mayor's Office, March 16, 2021 Gallery 456 to Hold Art Show from Boston Area Mask Initiative- Chelsea Record, July 22, 2021 
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TourThe Boston Area Mask Initiative Mask Scrap String Quilt will be on display at the following locations. Make sure to share your photos with us by tagging #BAMIQuilt on Facebook and Instagram.
March 15 - April 4, 2021
Cambridge Public Library (main branch) 449 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02138 April 5 - April 29, 2021 Cambridge Public Library (Valente branch) 826 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02141 April 30 - May 7, 2021 Kendall Square 300 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02139 May 10 - July 5, 2021 Boston City Hall 1 City Hall Square #500 Boston, MA 02201 July 15 - August 30, 2021 Gallery 456 500 Broadway Chelsea, MA 02150 September 2021 Boston City Hall 1 City Hall Square #500 Boston, MA 02201 December 6 - 28, 2021 Fuller Craft Museum 455 Oak Street Brockton, MA 02301 More dates to be announced. |
