The inspiration for this quilt came while driving through the Wisconsin farmlands at dusk. It felt like we were flying, weightless. I thought the fields could billow right up like a big quilt were it not for the barns and trees anchoring them in place, like the ties at the corners of quilt blocks. The farms are the traditional patterns "Corn and Beans" and "Prairie Queen"; the sky is half a "Sunburst".

Date: 1989

Size: 107" x 81"

Materials/techniques: cotton, silk, felt. machine pieced, hand quilted and embroidered.

Shown: Textile Arts Center, IL, 1989. Illinois Quilters Inc., 1989. Wild Goose Chase Quilt Gallery, IL, 1993. Stocker Art Center, OH, 1994. DeKalb County Quilters, IL, 1995. Crafts Regional, Logan College, IL, 1995. Culture and Agriculture, New Visions Gallery, WI, 1996.

Published: Home Quilt Show, Nov-Dec 1989. Patchwork Quilt Senka, Spring 1991. Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH, 2/25/94. Culture and Agriculture show catalog.

Awards: Viewers' Choice Honorable Mention, Illinois Quilters Inc., 1989.

Price: $7500.