The Bridge from Yesteryear (AAQI)

Designed and quilted by Marlene Brown Woodfield.

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

Materials/techniques: Cotton fabrics, handpainted sky, machine embroidery vines and grasses, twin needle stitching, fused, Tsukineko inks, machine quilted, signed, piped and conventional binding.

Artist’s statement: This is the 4th in a series of Nostalgia quilts. It portrays an imaginary scene of a rural Indiana covered bridge in the autumn of the year. The water was rippling under the bridge, and it is a tranquil scene.

Dedicated: In memory of Herb Senasac who died from this terrible disease.

Raised for AAQI: direct sale to Helen Senasac (donation sent to AAQI). August 2012.

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