It started with a rejection. AAP had a call for Pittsburgh related art. I made what I thought was the perfect piece: A Steele Town Angel. It was denied entry into the exhibit. The rejection fueled me- a common problem for Quilters is not being accepted in the art world and so the solution was to enter the quilt into a competition where it would be appreciated. I applied to Quilt National, the premier exhibition for quilt makers and was accepted. I felt vindicated.
Quilt National requires all quilts to be in their possession months before the installation so they can be photographed for their catalog. The day before the photo session, I received a call from the director informing me that my quilt had never arrived at the Dairy Barn. I was devastated by the idea of getting into Quilt National but not being in the exhibit. She agreed to use my slide from the entry for the photograph and hope that the quilt would appear.
I contacted the post office and found that they had lost track of my quilt in Cleveland. The Diary Barn is in Athens, Ohio. They sent me an insurance check, making me fear it would never be recovered and so I did what any overachieving quilt maker in this situation would do; I asked the director if I could make it again. She agreed and I began the arduous task of re-creation.
Some months later, when I was in the final quilting stage of creating the second quilt, I heard from the director again: the original quilt had been delivered to the Dairy Barn.
And with that, allow me to present Steel Town Angel I and Steel Town Angel II.
BubbeWisdom 
2 fantastic quilts Can’t say one is better than the other.
“There is not one thing that has just one use.”
“Understanding life as precarious suggests that social existence itself depends on interdependency through the care of others.”
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