CHICAGO -- Chicago artist and activist Shannon Downey has brought together a global community through one unfinished quilt and a hashtag: #RitasQuilt. Much of Downey's work begins at estate sales, ...
The label reads "25 years of love" with Vinson's name and the year 2025. The king-sized quilt was a pre-Christmas surprise ...
A spiritual closer for the fabric afterlife, Shannon Downey strolls through a Mount Prospect estate sale, looking to bring a heavenly finish to a venture left in limbo. "Whenever I find an unfinished ...
The words top plaque after plaque in corners of The Art Institute of Chicago, accompanying a cotton quilt top, an embroidered wool rug, a baptismal certificate from 1809. “Artist Unknown.” Looking at ...
Most people go to estate sales in hopes of finding a hidden gem of antique furniture or jewelry – for a bargain price. Shannon Downey goes for the unfinished stitching projects. “I feel like their ...
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