8414 - Bittersweet ($114.69)

Betyann Shaver
Aiken, SC   USA

Width: 8.5"   Length: 10.5"

Materials/Techniques: Painted cotton, Swarovski bi-cone crystals, embroidery thread, beads, painted batting, and silk ribbon.

Artist Statement: The dictionary states that bittersweet is a vine with orange berries and it also states it is pleasantness with sadness. As the Alzheimer’s sufferer begins to lose their memory and cognitive skills we remember them with pleasantness and sadness.
Betyann Shaver

Dedication: This door to nowhere with the bittersweet adornment is dedicated to those of us left behind with our pleasant memories of what was and with sadness of what is now.

This quilt has Fast Finish Triangles.

This quilt earned $114.69 for the AAQI.