This is a Collaborative Issue Between Exponent II and At Last She Said It.
Cover Art
Do I Contradict Myself? (I Contain Multitudes)
Quilt, cotton and linen, reflective polyester thread; 44 x 48 in., 2022
Inspired by Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself, 51,” this quilt explores freedom and self-expression within the constraints of an assigned color palette. Each design choice was spontaneous, sometimes requiring the mastery of new techniques to give it form. This quilt celebrates the interplay of concealment and revelation, embracing the beauty of unrestrained creativity. Within the seen quilt lies an entirely different quilt, glimpsed only from certain angles and bursting out of its layers in places. It is imbued with the insecurities, pride, despair, and excitement of a 40-year-old woman carrying a lifetime of complexity with her into graduate school and a new career. It is dedicated to the human longing to be seen. This piece is quilted with reflective thread, revealing a new layer of poetry and design when a photo is taken with a flash.
Melissa de Leon Mason
quiltallthethings.com | @quiltallthethings_
Editorial Staff
Editor-in-Chief – Rachel Rueckert
Managing Editor – Carol Ann Litster Young
Contest Judges – Susan Hinckley & Cynthia Winward from At Last She Said It
Art Editor – Rocio Cisneros
Layout Designer & Editor – Rosie Gochnour Serago
Fiction Editor – C. Chanel Earl
Blog Feature Editor – Natasha Rogers
Book Reviews Editor – Ynna Padilla
Poetry Editor – Abby Parcell
Women’s Theology Editor – Eliza Wells
Executive Board
President – Lori LeVar Pierce
Vice President & Secretary – Lindsay Denton
Treasurer – Jeanine Bean
Members – Julia Bernards, Carol Ann Litster Young, Jessica Grant Gray, Natasha Rogers, Nancy Ross, Rachel Rueckert, Rosie Gochnour Serago, Heather Sundahl
Additional Staff
Proofreaders – Kami Coppins, Hannah Mortenson, Cherie Pedersen, Karen Rosenbaum
Readers Committee – Linda Andrews, Kif Augustine, Sherrie Gavin, Hinckley Jones-Sanpei, Ashley Mackay Lewis, Natasha Rogers, Karen Rosenbaum, Eliza Handley-Wilcox, Kimberlie Young
Author Editors – Pandora Brewer, Kim Ence, Megan Eralie, Emily Gray, Linda Hamilton, Hailey Hannigan, Caroleine James, Dani Westwind Blatter MacArthur, Katie Ludlow Rich, Natasha Rogers, Eliza Handley-Wilcox
Art Community Ambassador – Page Turner
Social Media Content Manager – Linda Hamilton
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