Here, Love, 2025. Installed at the Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
Here, Love is an installation that brings together my grandmother’s hand-stitched quilt, likely sewn c. 1915, a reproduction I made of the quilt using vintage-pattern textiles, a jacket I sewed of the same fabrics, and my painting of the jacket being worn by two family members at once.
The two quilts are displayed juxtaposed across the surface of my aunt and uncle’s family table. Their chairs, re-upholstered in the same fabrics, are nearby for visitors to sit and talk.
Visitors are welcome to try on the jacket, which adds another way to engage with the piece.
A visitor emulating the painting in the Here, Love installation. Piano Craft gallery, October 2025.The artist Marjorie Kaye wearing the Here, Love jacket.A visitor wearing the Here, Love jacket.Detail of the family heirloom and reproduction quilts in the Here, Love installation.Two visitors, friends, try on the Here, Love jacket.A visitor tries on the Here, Love jacket near its painting.The Here, Love painting of two wearing the jacket. I made the painting before I made the jacket, so it essentially served as a fashion illustration.
Here, Love – jacket in production
After creating a bolt of quilted fabric by stitching strips together and layering them with batting I laid out the pattern pieces for cutting. The pattern was created by tailor and pattern designer Norris Dante Ford.With all the pieces quilted and cut out, I began assembly.
Tour of the Here, Love jacket, just completed. October 2025.
