"Beauty Bomb": Quilt Art by Rebekka Seigel

Inspired by a line from a song by Lyle Lovett, this quilt describes the lengths women go to in the name of beauty. The line that it is based on goes, “She’s got ruby lips, emerald eyes and diamonds on her mind”. The title of the song is “ M-O-N-E-Y”. The patchwork in the background represents the jewels mentioned in the song line as do the beads sewn throughout the border. The money appliquéd in the border represents the cost of maintaining this ideal of beauty. The nudes in the corners are meant to signify the real beauty that is naturally given to all women, that is, without all the trimmings that we have been conditioned to think are necessary for beauty to be achieved.