Since 2020, Nicole has collaborated with fellow artist Luke Haynes to create hand-sewn quilts painted with her original writing. Each quilt is placed anonymously in a public space with a small label letting the viewer know it’s free to take and do what they need with it. Over 50 quilts have been installed worldwide—in parks, outside hospitals, along sidewalks—as quiet offerings of comfort and care. Select quilts have also been exhibited in the South Bend Museum of Art, the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fine Arts, and QuiltNSW in Australia.
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Affirmation quilts
Affirmation Quilts is an ongoing collaborative project by Nicole and artist Luke Haynes. Each quilt begins with a short piece of Nicole’s writing, something personal and tender that is translated into fabric and made by hand. Once finished, the quilts are left freely in public spaces for someone to find and take home. Since the project began in 2020, 50 quilts have been released this way. The work brings together writing, quiltmaking, and the small surprise of encountering something made with care and offered without expectation.
