“Challenging Cliché 3’” (Quilt with Wedding Vows)
187 x 173
American patchwork quilt (made in 1940 by Myrtle Rector and Mary Payne – the artist’s grandmother and great aunt as a wedding gift for her parents), pictorial patches (made from family snapshots and words from wedding vows sown by the artist), cloth, lace, fake jewels and needlework. 

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