Designed and quilted by Marlene Brown Woodfield.

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

Materials/techniques: Cotton fabric, sun painted, Sulky rayon and regular cotton threads, prisma color pencil embellishment, double piped, beaded, traditionally bound, machine quilted, signed.

Artist’s statement: I love to sun paint, and the plants in my garden always display their beauty for me when I “play with them.”

Dedication: To the nature lovers of the world. May they enjoy their garden beauty as much as I enjoy mine.

Raised for AAQI: $137. October 2012 auction.