moisture and greenness
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linen, cotton, procion dyes, resist dyeing, chenille work, mirror work, hand couching, machine pieced, hand quilted, 88 x 52 inches, 2006
A protection blanket.
The title: moisture and greenness comes from a text by the medieval mystic nun Hildegarde von Bingen about viriditas, the greening power that we all need.
The text on the back of quilt, "fear no more says the heart in the body" is from Virginia Woolf's novel, Mrs. Dalloway
In private collection: Grace Martin, Ottawa, Ontario.
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