This series consists of 9 portraits and 16 mini quilt squares that represent a piece of my community. I am interested in the stories people tell that relate to a pattern or motif that holds significance, like a gifted or handed-down item of clothing, family heirloom, or wallpaper in a childhood bedroom. To begin, each volunteer works with me to select two or more fabrics that represent them in some way. These fabrics are sewn together as a substrate for each painted portrait. This combination presents each of the people both abstractly, as they perceive themselves, and realistically with their likeness. As the larger quilt paintings are created, I use the scrap material to make the mini squares that mix up all fabrics. Each painted person is put into a larger community through this jumbling of patterns and color connections. This project emphasizes the history of quilting as community builders when groups gather to create, or in this case, are represented through a collection.