Designed and quilted by Marlene Brown Woodfield.

12″ wide by 9″ high. Original design, 2010.

Materials/techniques: PFD cotton fabric which is sun painted, cotton and rayon threads, wool yarns and roving, needle felted nest, fused rough edge bird, machine quilted, piped, signed, conventional binding and fast finish triangles.

Artist’s statement: The robin is heralding spring with a song.

Dedicated: To the songsters of the world.

Raised for AAQI: $200. March 2011 auction.