Saturday, April 4, 2009

Controversial quilts!?

I know, right? I was surprised to come across this, but the latest issue of Quilter's Home magazine contains a "Shocking Quilts: we show you the controversial patchwork!" story. Apparently, the quilts were so shocking and offensive, Jo Ann's Fabric store refused to carry the issue. Even after offering to shrink wrap the magazine, much like Hustlers and other magazines of that type, Jo Ann's still refused.

The important questions here is, who has the right to censor the magazine by not carrying it the way it usually is? But the more interesting questions is, what do these quilts look like?

Luckily, Design Crisis has a post that features some of the featured quilts. Click to see the images.

You see, I like these quilts. Yes, they show the effects of racism, they degrade Jesus, and they make social and political statements, but that's exactly what makes them interesting. If I had the money, I would buy this one:

Who would Jesus bomb?

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