Stairway to Heaven
2009
27.5 X 36

Wells Cathedral in Southwest England is my favorite of all the great Churches I have visited there. It is an English Gothic masterpiece built of local stone in the 10th through 13th century. This particular scene is of the stone stairway to the unique Chapter House .

Called the "Heavenly Stair" and the "Sea of Steps" this aged and worn set of steps with its constant change of light has always endlessly
fascinated me.

This quilt was raw edge applique'd using hand dyed cottons and was further embellished with acrylic textile paints, Tsukineko inks and Fabrico markers. The free motion quilting was stitched with variegated threads.

Members' Choice Award, PAQA-South" Art Quilts: Illuminations", Durham Arts Council,
Durham, NC, 2010

Best Use of Color, Glendale Quilt Show, Glendale, CA, 2010

Juried into Road to California, Ontario, California, January 2010

Finalist, "A World of Beauty", International Quilt Festival, Houston, October 2009

Awarded "Best Use of Color", "Best Machine Quilting By a Guild Member"and 2nd Place Viewers' Choice at the Santa Monica Quilt Show "Explorations", June 2009