{"id":38151,"date":"2017-09-14T14:41:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T21:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?page_id=38151"},"modified":"2025-03-12T09:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:04:26","slug":"down-the-drain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts-etc-2017\/down-the-drain\/","title":{"rendered":"Down the Drain"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38154\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-1505425187065..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38154\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-1505425187065.-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Down the Drain: Quilting Completed\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-1505425187065.-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-1505425187065.-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-1505425187065.-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-1505425187065.-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-1505425187065.-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Down the Drain: Quilting Completed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"content-sidebartop\" style=\"display: block; float: right; width: 260px; border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; padding: 2px;\">\n<p><strong>Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: -20px;\">\n<li>100% cotton fabric<\/li>\n<li>100% cotton thread<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Techniques<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: -20px;\">\n<li>Machine pieced<\/li>\n<li>Machine applique&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Fabric stamping<\/li>\n<li>Machine quilted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"cont-content\">\n<div id=\"content-sidebarbot\" style=\"display: block; float: right; width: 260px; border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; padding: 2px;\">\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: -20px;\">\n<li>Year: 2017<\/li>\n<li>Size: ?\u201dx ?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Fabric: various<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Quilted By:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: -20px;\">\n<li>Jaye Lapachet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Details<\/h1>\n<p>The stress started on my birthday, which was January 20, not just because it was inauguration day, but also because I was at an event where people were happy to see President Obama leave office. They didn\u2019t like him because he was black. For them it was No-Bama Day. For me, even though I didn\u2019t know it at the time, it was the beginning of a stressful, distressing time.<\/p>\n<p>I walked around waiting for my ATM card not to work, to be made subhuman, like in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2gRxrXh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/a>. I started really to fear that the better country we were making would be dismantled. You might think we don\u2019t need the EPA or the ACA and that is your right. I do not want to create a Sh*tstorm and this is not a political blog. I feel we do need clean air and health care for everyone. My feelings coalesced when I saw Sarah Ann Smith\u2019s quilt,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahannsmith.com\/weblog\/?p=11199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Speak Up, Speak Out<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Sarahs-Quilt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37381\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Sarahs-Quilt-300x260.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Sarahs-Quilt-300x260.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Sarahs-Quilt-768x665.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Sarahs-Quilt-1024x887.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Sarahs-Quilt-1200x1040.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"Sarah Ann Smith's Quilt Speak Up, Speak Out\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Ann Smith\u2019s Quilt Speak Up, Speak Out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When I saw her quilt, I realized that another in my political art quilt series had been brewing in my head without me really knowing. I thought \u201cthis is the quilt I wanted to make.\u201d I said so to Sarah and she said to make my version.<\/p>\n<p>I thought about it for a long time, then I drew a picture in my journal. I thought that would be the end of it, but I couldn\u2019t get the image out of my mind. I drew it again, a little more refined and more to scale.<\/p>\n<p>I drew it over an over, continually refining, adding detail. The whole process went so smoothly that I kept going into piecing and cutting and sewing and quilting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Posts about Down the Drain<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/i-have-a-secret\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I Have a Secret<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 8\/6\/2017<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/art-quilt-start\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art Quilt Start: Background<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 8\/8\/2017<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/art-quilt-river-of-sorrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art Quilt: River of Sorrow<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 8\/10\/2017<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/art-quilt-border-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art Quilt: Border 1<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 8\/13\/2017<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/art-quilt-quilting-finished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art Quilt: Quilting Finished<\/a> &#8211; 9\/17\/2017<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials 100% cotton fabric 100% cotton thread Techniques Machine pieced Machine applique&#8217; Fabric stamping Machine quilted &nbsp; Details: Year: 2017 Size: ?\u201dx ?\u201d Fabric: various Quilted By: Jaye Lapachet &nbsp; Details The stress started on my birthday, which was January 20, not just because it was inauguration day, but also because I was at an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts-etc-2017\/down-the-drain\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Down the Drain&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":37703,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38151","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66070,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38151\/revisions\/66070"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}