Contemplating The Ninepatch 92x50 1994 $10,000 This quilt is now part of the collection of the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. It was a gift of the artist in loving memory of Donaldand Alice McMahan

This quilt was exhibited in Quilt National ‘95, and received the Quilts Japan Award ‘95.  As a result, Therese May traveled to Japan to give lectures in Tokyo and Osaka as well as to see the beautiful country of Japan.

"Contemplating the NinePatch" was also considered for the exhibit and book, "The One Hundred Best American Quilts of the 20th Century." Therese's "Therese Quilt" took that honor.

“For this quilt I began with the idea that I appreciate the tradition of the patchwork quilt and especially the nine patch pattern, which is simply a block made up of nine squares.  I made a large nine patch with lots of embellishment--paint, buttons, beads, etc.  Then, I felt like I wanted to make some kind of statement about my admiration.  So I made a portrait of myself to put next to it, contemplating the nine patch.”  Machine appliqué, fabric, thread, buttons, beads, braids, painted panels, polymer clay.