Artist’s Statement

I kept looking at a small scrap of pieced fabric that I had cut out of one of my larger quilts and pinned to the design board. I loved its two fabrics and their shapes. One day I thought, this is my chance to make a 5”x 7” quilt, the smallest I had ever attempted. After adding other pieces of fabric, stitches, and some gold gilding, the quilt was finished. During the creative process, I discovered I was portraying Christ’s ascension to heaven, which was in the Spring. So I titled it Springrise.

Quilt history: Presented at the Chama Outdoor Quilt Festival, Chama, NM, 2008.

Collection Robert Tanneberger, Burlington, VT, USA