Flight of Fancy

January 2003, 41" high by 41" wide, $3,100
Copyright © 2003, Maria Elkins, All Rights Reserved.

To children, nothing seems impossible. Their imaginative minds are full of high and lofty dreams and ambitions. Every so often, one brilliant idea that everyone else laughs at bursts forth and takes wing.

I've tried to capture the spirit of a little boy who fearlessly leaps, ready to believe the impossible, completely unaware of the strong hands ready to catch him. Likewise, our loving Heavenly Father is ready to catch us when we follow His leading and step out in faith.

This quilt was made in honor of the 100 year celebration of the Wright Brothers invention. The airplanes depicted on the left and along the bottom are:
1903	Wright Flyer III	1952	Boeing B52 Stratofortress
1916	Sopwith F.1 Camel	1954	Lockheed F-104G Starfighter
1925	Super Sportster Model R-1	1969	Boeing 747
1934	Curtiss P-36C	1969	Concorde
1940	DeHavilland	1971	F-16 Fighting Falcon
1944	Fairchild Flying Boxcar	1981	Lockheed F-117
1950	Cessna T-37B	1989	Northrop B-2
1951	Hawker Hunter FGA.Mk9

The little boy's face and clothing were painted with Tsukineko All-Purpose Inks. Other surface design techniques include Setacolor and Lumiere textile paints, Sakura Pigma Pens, fused applique, and free motion machine quilting.

• Displayed at the National Quilting Association's 35th Anniversary Quilt Show, Peoria, Illinois.
• First Place, Wall Quilt – Innovative Appliquéd, at 2004 Miami Valley Quilters' Guild "Floral Fantasy" Biennial Quilt Show, Dayton, Ohio.
• Juried into the 2003 International Quilt Association Judged Show, Houston, Texas.
• Best Workmanship Award and Viewers' Choice at the 11th Annual Art Quilt Exhibit, "Airborne: Birds, Flight and the Wrights," at Aullwood Audubon Center, Dayton, Ohio.
• Best of Show at the 2003 Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors Annual Juried Exhibit, High Street Gallery, Dayton, Ohio.

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