To create the two Building Blocks quilts for the Oncology area, the staff was invited to contribute fabric with personal significance. The resultant sentinel quilts are composed of nearly 100 fabrics, many with floral and botanical motifs. Viewed from afar, the patterns appear as a three-dimensional geometric construction with interlocking edges. Viewed up close, the details of individual fabrics emerge, and the topstitching is a handwritten poem about the limitations of cancer, What Cancer Cannot Do. This is a permanent installation, thanks to Lin Swensson, who commissioned the project as part of her holistic vision of incorporating healing art into the hospital’s environment.
