Fire Is the Finest Flower of Them All

Cassie McGettigan and Kristen Rieke Morabito

January 2023

Tama One - Olema, California

Lantern (Fire Is the Finest Flower of Them All), 2023

Oil on canvas, cotton, velvet, wool, linen tablecloths, plastic twine, synthetic batting, marine rope, ceramic wire insulator, twinkle lights; machine pieced, hand quilted

73” x 19” across

Collaboration with Kristen Rieke Morabito

Japanese Lantern, 2023

Former bedskirt, cotton, wool, synthetic fabric, dyed tablecloth, plastic twine, electric parts; machine pieced, hand quilted

43” x 14” across

Postpartum, 2023

Printed cotton chintz, twill, cotton yarn, synthetic batting, nails; machine pieced, hand quilted

84” x 84”

Floral fabric was found at a Connecticut thrift store. It is a Jay Yang adaptation from the collection of the Musée des Arts décoratifs.

Puff Scroll, 2021

Ink and metallic foil silkscreen print on cotton, cotton, linen, synthetic fabric; appliqué, machine pieced, hand quilted

26” (53” with rope) x 17.5” x 2”

Windflowered, 2023

Bandanas, vintage printed fabric, velvet, cotton, linen, imitation ikat, plastic twine, synthetic batting, rope, oscillating hardware; machine pieced, hand quilted

57” x 17” x 17”

First Rain, 2023

Hand silkscreened cotton, wool, velvet, silk, dyed tablecloths, dyed silk, "Maisema" by Fujiwo Ishimoto for Marimekko, plastic twine, rope, glass insulated screw; machine pieced, hand quilted

100” x 11.5”

Star Bar, 2023

Old jeans, scraps, plastic twine, synthetic batting; machine pieced, hand quilted

7.5” x 56” x 2.5”

 Sky Disk with Cheesecake, 2022

Silkscreen printed cotton, thrifted clothing, plastic twine, synthetic batting, porcelain insulated screw; machine pieced, hand quilted

25” x 23” across disk x 5”