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In Answer to Prayer

by Maria Elkins

April 1997
28" high by 46" wide
Copyright © 1997, Maria Elkins, All Rights Reserved.

This was my first original quilt. I worked on it in spurts over a period of four years before I could summons up the courage to finish it.

I think of this quilt as my "sampler quilt" because I tried several different techinques for the first time: watercolor wash in the border, machine trapunto for the wings which were then only stitched down on the upper portions, hand applique using Charlotte Warr Andersen's techniques, free motion machine embroidered lettering (these are not computerized letters), use of metallic and sheer fabrics, and hand quilting with sliver metallic threads.

  • Displayed at the Metropolitan Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio, November-December, 2002
  • Honorable Mention at the 1998 National Quilt Association Show, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
  • Displayed at 1998 Miami Valley Quilter's Guild Biennial Quilt Show

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