Following a traditional Amish “Sunshine and Shadow” quilting pattern, Gschwandtner combines two films into a study of contrasts: light/dark, discovery/deception, creation/breakdown. One film is for children to learn about shadows and make them with their hands. The other is a cheery industrial film on fabric manufacturing produced by Bradford Dyeing Association in Rhode Island. Gschwandtner's juxtaposes them to “bring out the shadowy aspects of the textile mill film.” The false picture of happy workers masked years of labor abuse, chemical dumping, and supplying the U.S. military with camouflage. Closed by 2011, Bradford had made its own bed.

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