Tea Box to Ballot Box

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Tea Box to Ballot Box
74 in
x
58 in
(188 cm x 147 cm)
Year
2019
Photo Credit
Jean Vong
Price
$0.00
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Suffragists protested at the centennial of the Boston Tea Party in 1873 with cries of "No taxation without representation." I designed this quilt as if it were a commemorative postage stamp depicting tea crates floating from Boston to Washington, DC, where they are transformed into a ballot box. The design celebrates the centennial of women's right to vote in 2020.
Materials
Cotton, acrylic paint
Techniques
Machine pieced, hand appliqued, stenciled, hand quilted