For our Quilt of the Month, we are sharing an incredible piece from Canada-based artist Diana Durrand! 

Gardening gloves are stitched and glued in a composition referencing traditional Amish quilts, but with a sculptural effect created by the stuffed gloves. A blue, red and yellow border can also be seen, and is similar in color to the floral pattern featured on the gloves.  

Durrand sourced these gloves from Canadian company Watson Gloves while collecting materials for the exhibition "Show of Hands" at the Fort Gallery in Fort Langley, British Columbia. According to the artist, an employee gifted three boxes of gloves after she explained her project. 

"He made my day — it was just wonderful," Durrand said with a laugh. "I was really lucky."

She completed the piece over the course of a year and a half, using more that 250 individual gloves in the quilt's construction. 

As a contemporary mixed media artist, the piece is a deviation for Durrand. 

"It's my one and only quilt I've ever made," Durrand said. "I love quilts and I love working with found objects." 

"Hand Made Garden Quilt" came to the IQM's collection in 2025. It is currently on display with other art quilts in connection to "Ludy Strauss: The Collectors Eye." 

To see more of Durrand's work, click here. 

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Hand Made Garden Quilt

Diana Durrand 

Made in Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada; Circa 2010

Cotton 

IQM 2025.025.0001