"Nude is Not a Color" Quilt, Made by Hillary Goodwin, Rachael Dorr, and Contributors from around the World, 2017
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Fashion and cosmetics companies have long used the term nude for products made in a pale beige--reflecting lighter skin tones and marginalizing people of color. After one company repeatedly dismissed a customer's concerns, a global community of quilters produced this quilt to oppose this racial bias. To create the shirt designs, the women chose fabric that best represented their own skin tones.
Fashion and cosmetics companies have long used the term nude for products made in a pale beige--reflecting lighter skin tones and marginalizing people of color. After one company repeatedly dismissed a customer's concerns, a global community of quilters produced this quilt to oppose this racial bias. To create the shirt designs, the women chose fabric that best represented their own skin tones.
Artifact
Quilt
Date Made
2017
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
The quilt was inspired by the experience of Bianca Springer and designed and constructed by Hillary Goodwin. The paper-pieced pattern used in the construction of the shirt/shirtdresses was designed by Carolyn Friedlander. The shirt/shirtdress fabrics were selected and made by paper-piecing using the pattern purchased from Carolyn Friedlander by 24 quilters from around the world (including the United States, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Australia) and then sent to Hillary Goodwin. The free-motion machine quilting was done by Rachael Dorr.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2020.135.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cloth
Thread
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 82 in
Width: 93 in
Inscriptions
on front: NUDE IS NOT A COLOR
Specifications
Title: "Nude is Not a Color"
Designed and constructed by: Hillary Goodwin, Auburn California
Design assistance by: Robin King, Auburn, California
Paper-pieced shirt pattern designed by: Carolyn Friedlander, Lake Wales, Florida
Shirt blocks contributed by: Carmen Alonso, Oviedo, Spain // Agnes Ang, Thousand Oaks, California, United States // Berene Campbell, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada // Kirsty Cleverly, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia // Silvana Pereira Coutinho, Brazil // Anne Eriksson, Egmond aan den Hoef, The Netherlands // Hillary Goodwin, Auburn, California, United States // Rebecca Green, United Kingdom // Lynn Carson Harris, Chelsea, Michigan, United States // Phoebe Adair Harris, Chelsea, Michigan, United States // Krista Hennebury, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada // Sandra Johnson, Orange, California, United States // Chawne Kimber, Easton, Pennsylvania, United States // Tamara King, Portland, Oregon, United States // Alexandra Ledgerwood, Kansas City, Missouri, United States // Maite Macias, Oviedo, Spain // Nicole Neblett, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States // Krishma Patel, Carteret, New Jersey, United States // Amy Vaughn Ready, Billings, Montana, United States // Sonia Sanchez, Oviedo, Spain // Rachel Singh, Seattle, Washington, United States // Michele Spirko, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States // Bianca Springer, Pearland, Texas, United States // Jess Ziegler, Adel, Iowa, United States
Free-motion machine quilted by: Rachael Dorr, Bronxville, New York
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