My art work has evolved with a special interest in exploring gender roles. I want to push social boundaries with dynamic interactions between objects, images and viewers. “The Exposing Stitch: Personal Fears of Childbearing” is an inquiry into my apprehension about pregnancy. My investigation of this subject is manifested through the craft of functional garment making and embroidery. I create aprons, which are generally used to protect and conceal the body, and use them to expose each of my unspoken fears related to reproduction. Muslin has become a metaphor for my own skin and embroidery, a cathartic experience. I have used the monotonous process of stitching as a way to discharge the emotional tensions caused by my fears. I correlate the time spent laboring through this process to the gestation period of pregnancy. It is my intention not only to analyze myself through “The Exposing Stitch: Personal Fears of Childbearing” but to encourage the viewer to investigate his or her unspoken fears.