Saturday, January 26, 2008

The Quilt's Power






This quilt, which I made in November and December 2001, was recently juried into a show in the Museum TwentseWell in Enschede, The Netherlands, which will run from April to September, 2008. The quilt is entirely machine pieced, and quilted on my home sewing machine in various patterns. The show is called "De kracht van de quilt, or, The Quilt's power, and features 10 large quilts and 6 small quilts, which were all made in response to the events of 9/11. Here is a wikipedia article which describes the motivation for the show:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuurwerkramp
You can also see more of this quilt on my website ( www.jeririggs.com ) in the first gallery page, at the bottom.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations, Jeri! This quilt has indeed a powerful message. I am glad that it is going to get exposure overseas! Bravo!
Benedicte

Susan Schrott, Artist said...

Jeri..Congratulations. You must be so proud. Is there is possibility you will go to see the exhibition!

BadCatDesigns said...

Wow Jeri. That is beautiful. Please accept my apology in advance...tag, you're it. See my blog for the details:)
http://badcatdesigns.blogspot.com/2008/02/im-baaacktag-im-it.html

Christine Thresh said...

I'm so glad to see a picture of your quilt.