Blessed is the Spot

 

Blessed is the Spot

28" tall x 44" wide

I am mighty pleased with this one.  It was made with the Cryptography call for 4 Common Corners Art quilt group in mind.  

I hand dyed the background fabric first, then translated what I wanted in to binary.  Yes, there is such a translator!  It was fun to write by hand all those numbers in the blue areas.  

Next I decided it needed more layers, and cut out all the corresponding letters out of white tulle.  It was hard to keep track of each letter!

After carefully pinning them where I wanted, I loaded the whole thing on to my longarm machine, appliqueing and quilting the whole piece at the same time.

Here is a close up.

I loved the making this one.  Tried some things, struggled with it sometimes, but I think now that is just part of the process and am very happy with the results.  I wasn't able to put the full prayer on the surface, only most of it, but in the end I don't think it matters to the integrity of this piece.

Here is the prayer, in it's entirety.  It's one of the first prayers, and a favorite, since I memorized it as a child.

"Blessed is the spot, and the house, and the place, and the city, and the heart, and the mountain, and the refuge, and the cave, and the valley, and the land, and the sea, and the island, and the meadow where mention of God hath been made, and His praise glorified."

Baha'u'llah

Prophet founder of the Baha'i Faith

thanks for stopping by!

Nicole