꩜ The Euphoria Quilt is a trans and queer group quilt project started in June 2023. It aims to be a communal archive of gender-expansive joy during a time of unprecedented persecution and scapegoating of trans and gender-variant people. The quilt is made of blocks sent in by over 150 people from over 40 states and five countries that answer the question, "What does your gender expansive joy look like?"
Euphoria Quilt project creator and lead organizer: Eliot Anderberg (they/them)
Collections manager: Meredith Strong (she/her)
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Block #106 - Tina Lee
꩜ I can't think of a better way to express my gender (fluidity) than through the process of getting dressed. Every day, I lean into being queer through the clothes that I wear. Butch, femme, boyish, nonbinary, sporty, and sexy are some of the ways that I feel when I walk out the door after donning myself in a handsome fit.
The t-shirt is a ubiquitous fashion staple that falls into all the 'gender categories' of dress that I/we get to make our own every day. My 12-inch Euphoria Quilt block is made up of old black, white, and grey T-shirts, as well as plaid button-down shirts. Each piece of fabric in its composition has held my skin's oils, scent, and sweat -- a patchwork metaphor for the embodied experience of dressing, feeling, and being queer.
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Visual Description:
Black bowtie in center, checked fabric white and grey, and cow print fabric in brown on cream.
Materials and construction:
Cotton; old t-shirts and secondhand button-downs; machine-sewn
Details
2023
12.5x12.5"
Rights
꩜ The Euphoria Quilt