Finding the Thread

Melding classic crafts with contemporary narratives, artist Sophie Stone gives new life to old textiles

- HANNAH MARTIN

SOPHIE STONE IN HER LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS, STUDIO WITH HER RAG RUGS SERIES AND, BEHIND HER, A PAST PIECE BEING REWORKED.

I’m a proud pack rat,” says artist Sophie Stone, glancing around her Long Island City, Queens, studio, which brims with stacks of fabric. There’s everything from 19th-century crazy quilts to vintage napkins, even a bag of stretchy strings. All are fodder for her intricate textile works, a parallel practice to her floral-design studio.