This quilt explores the process of growth, and the dual nature of our human lives - the earth-bound physicality and the blossoming energy that carries our lives forwards.

Date: 1999

Size: 53" x 60"

Materials/techniques: cotton, organza, velvet. machine appliquéd and quilted.

Shown: Illinois Quilters Inc., 1999. Contemporary Quilt Design, The Chicago Athenaeum at Schaumburg IL, 2001. Material Images, Lakeview Museum, Peoria IL, and Southern Illinois Art Gallery, Whittington IL. 2001-2002.

Published: Pioneer Press Newspapers, IL, 2001. Material Images show catalog, 2001.

Price: $3300.