On December 15, 2010, Anna Hergert mailed her quilt, “Let the Sunshine In,” from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada to Barrington, Rhode Island. She was donating the quilt to the UN Quilt Challenge for 2011. Sadly, this quilt didn’t arrive as expected.

On February 22, 2011 we received the wonderful news that this quilt has finally been delivered! The recipient wrote, “It is ironic since my husband ordered the reproduction of your quilt just yesterday! I am so glad since it is amazing beautiful in real life. I jumped for joy and I hope you will too!”

The quilt is 30″ high by 20″ wide. The main colors are blue, ochre, and deep purple. The quilt depicts a scene of Burkha-clad women. She appliqued sheer and opaque polyester fabrics over a hand painted canvas background. The quilt has a label hand stitched to the lower back corner which has the name of the quilt, Anna’s name and website URL.