꩜ 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?"
Explore the archive.
Euphoria Quilt project creator and lead organizer - Eliot Anderberg (they/them)
Collections manager - Meredith Strong (she/her)
My 12-inch Euphoria Quilt block is made up of old black, white, and grey T-shirts, as well as plaid button-downs. Each piece of fabric in the block has held my skin's oils, scent, and sweat—a patchwork metaphor for the embodied experience of dressing, feeling, and being queer.
꩜ Details
Materials and construction
Cotton; old t-shirts and secondhand button-downs; machine-sewn
Dimensions
12.5x12.5 inches
(image courtesy of The Euphoria Quilt)