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Picture of Pixeladies art quilt Walk a Mile in Her Shoes — Pixeladies – Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

During the last two meetings of the Sacramento Area Bogleheads (Chapter 61) at the Ella K. McClatchy Library I have been admiring the art quilts on the walls of the meeting room. The artwork, crafted by the Pixeladies, will be on exhibit through April 26.

See related post: What is a Boglehead?

At the most recent meeting I decided to take some pictures of the quilts on display and research the Pixeladies for a blog post. I am very glad I did – I would never have guessed how they designed their art quilts.

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Who are the Pixeladies? Kris and Deb met in 1978 when they attended California State University, Sacramento and became best friends. They went their separate ways but kept in touch over the years. When they got together they did artsy things – like going to museums.

Pictures of Pixeladies art quilt Crossing the Bridge with Faith — Pixeladies – Crossing the Bridge with Faith

In 2003, the two joined forces and became the Pixeladies – having decided “to throw off the shackles of employment, and become starving yet happy artists”.

Why did they choose to be known as Pixeladies? The “pixel” is the smallest element of an image on your computer screen.

Their name choice makes sense once you understand their creative process. They use a computer to draft compositions and then collage these with paper texts and phrases cut from newspapers and magazines to “tell a story in cloth”. An inkjet printer with textile dyes prints their design onto fabric and the fabric is then stitched to batting and backing.

What type of “stories” do the two tell? An example is Walk a Mile in Her Shoes. The artwork reminds us that women do not earn the same amount of money as men for the same work. Another work, depicting colored pencils, is about race. You get the idea.