This is created from 2 yards off of a bolt of "mis-dyed seconds" that I purchased from Hancocks Fabrics for about .88 cents per yard. The entire body of the quilt is made from only that one fabric. The border includes a solid black.

The quilt is constructed from log cabin blocks that have two sides bordered with half-square-triangles. The blocks are offset, reversed, rotated, etc, to create an unorganized feel. However, it is neither random nor is it unorganized.

This quilt is an allegory about life. The spirals represent paths in a woods (the triangles represent trees). On a journey or quest one seeks comfort, fire, and shelter at night. The center of a log cabin is usually a hearth (warmth/comfort). The centers here represent campfires - a temporary place of security and warmth.

We know it is night because there is a moon (on point block) and stars in the upper right of the quilt. The center "campfires" are our temporary "home" on the journey. We leave one place seeking another and stop again to find temporary comfort. The paths leads us through many chapters in our quest to find the ultimate place of comfort and security - "Home!"

The hand quilting creates a spiraling vortex that circles and centers around the long-sought-after "home" which is shown as a hut located just up and left of center. I have not arrived. I am not "home" because the window is dark.

I made this quilt in November 1991 about 5 months after making my first quilting stitch.