We now know that guilt is the most pervasive and destructive of human conditions. It makes us hide from relationships with others, and with God, and even with ourselves. In the Garden of Joy the couple had been naked and unashamed. If anybody has ever tried, they will know that it is totally impossible to stitch a pair of panties from fig leaves. But the metaphor is an exact fit for the misery of trying to cover up one's own guilt.
Guilt always results in blaming others for what has gone wrong.
Adam first blamed God for being so stupid as to give him a partner, and then blamed her for what had gone wrong. The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate. The woman's explanation is more subtle. The serpent tricked me and I ate. In our day we have a billion dollar industry of people who are paid to give us explanations for what has gone wrong in our life.