Sexual assault survivors came together to quilt their stories on Monday evening at Wild Iris Books, a feminist bookstore at 22 SE Fifth Ave. The evening was the last of three monthly workshops at Wild Iris, where participants created squares for The Monument Quilt, a project that collects stories from rape and abuse survivors on red fabric squares and displays them in public spaces around the U.S
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