'The Dance' represents a former relationship in which the pajamas were left behind. Mortenson might have created the work out of anger but later turned to amusement. The slip was added at a later time as part of the amusement. There certainly are serious underlying words and images in the piece.

Techniques: Machine stitching and quilting
Culture: American
Geographic Location: North and Central America, United States, Pennsylvania
Credit Line: Gift of the Artist