A woman identified as Sarah is saying the quilt A$AP Rocky wore at the Met Gala last month was her great grandmother's creation. According to People, the California woman said ERL designer Eli Russell Linnetz used the quilt for Rocky's wardrobe after finding it in a thrift store near the family's home.
Sarah, who recognized the familiar-looking quilt when the rapper wore it to the Met Gala on Sept. 13, went to Instagram last week to share a photo of an identical blanket sitting in her house.
"So my great grandmothers quilt was donated to an antique/thrift store a while back. When I saw the #metgala Photo I realized instantly that it had to be the same quilt," she wrote in the caption. "I read the Vogue article about the designer finding the quilt in Southern California and with his office not that far from us in Venice, California, I demanded that my mom go look for the photos of it on our old bed."
Speaking with Vogue, Linnetz confirmed that the quilt was found at a thrift store. The designer said he worked with a Brooklyn-based quilter named Zak Foster to add personal touches to the blanket.
"There's an irony to it that I liked, using the clothing of the deceased to create this beautiful new quilt then [in their honor] that lasts forever," Linnetz said.
In a follow-up Instagram post on Friday, Sarah said she was happy to see the family's treasure on the red carpet.
"We aren’t accusing anyone of stealing this and we don’t want money," she said. "I posted this because I found it amazing that some thing that my great grandmother made out of love for my mother, to be used to keep her warm, and was donated so that it might keep somebody else warm or sold to raise funds for a lovely charity, ended up being used for an amazing statement art piece by amazingly talented people who took it to the next level."
Sarah also said she spoke with Linnetz and Foster and "they’re both lovely people." To the people who are concerned about the family giving away the quilt for free, Sarah wants to assure them that there is nothing to worry about.
"We still have many quilts and afghans and handmade lovey‘s that she left behind for us," Sarah said.
