A photo of a quilt made up of 80 eight inch by eight inch squares, each with different unique designs.

The Montana Trans Quilt Project is a living textile that preserves the history of a tumultuous time for transgender, nonbinary, and Two-Spirit Montanans.

About the Project

Sewn & Seen: The Montana Trans Quilt Project is a statewide community art and history project. This project was started to address the lack of preserved transgender, non-binary, and two-spirit history in Montana, and to build solidarity and community through joy, storytelling, and creation.

Participants, primarily transgender, non-binary, Two-Spirit and queer Montanans, contribute to the project with an 8x8” piece of fabric, and these pieces will then be sewn together, with pieces from other communities, to create a living textile that will travel to as many Prides and events in the state of Montana as possible and will ultimately create a historical artifact that captures a particularly challenging time in our community.

How to Contribute to the Quilt

Want to be a part of history?

Contribute to Sewn & Seen: The Montana Trans Quilt Project by August 16th!

Make sure your square is 8”x8”, and leave an inch margin around the sides for sewing.

Drop your square off at the Catalyst Montana office, or mail it to:
BT Livermore PO Box 10 Butte, MT 59703.

Need help with mailing, or have a question? Email Han at han@catalystmt.org.