The Roller Derby Quilt is a collaborative art quilt made by roller derby skaters, refs, volunteers, and fans around the world. The goal is to get squares representing individuals and teams from every league worldwide. So far there are over 100 squares!
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| Photo by the Mad Hatcher |
"I choose this particular kind of block that is very heavy in piecing. I wanted to do something that has many small pieces with very different types of prints because one the coolest things about Detroit Derby Girls is the immense variety of backgrounds represented by our skaters. We have skaters who are teachers, students, unemployed, graphic designers, lawyers, retail management, waiters, doctors, and so on. And we come from a number of different racial and ethnic backgrounds, as well as different socioeconomic backgrounds. We all have different approaches to skating and derby techniques, to training, to eating right and practicing derby skills. But I also wanted all of those pieces to be unified by similar colorways: red and black, our league colors. Because at the end of the day, we work hard to figure out what makes us work best as a league, to capitalize on the overlaps. So, that's the narrative behind the block!"
I love this square both because of its meaning and its gorgeous piecework. I'm going to have to step up my game if I want the borders around these new contributions to look half as good as the blocks themselves. Nicely done, Mad Hatcher!
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