Designed and quilted by Marlene Brown Woodfield.

9″ wide by 12″ high. Original design, 2012.

Materials/techniques: Cotton fabrics, sun painted, fused three-dimensional ivy leaves, beaded stem, both cotton and Sulky rayon threads, signed, piped and conventionally bound.

Artist’s statement: Sun painting is one of my favorite ways of creating. On this quilt, there are three panes of ferns and ivy with a three-dimensional ivy plant growing up the quilt.

Dedicated: To all of the gardeners who love their ferns and ivy.

Raised for AAQI: $83.14. Houston International Quilt Show 2012.