The lovely face of an African baby stares back at the viewer, surrounded by black and gray fabrics, accented with a red border. The photo-transfer face comes from Mary's private photography collection. Finished size is 39" wide by 46 3/4" high with a sleeve attached on the back for hanging. This quilt is part of the "Faces from my Heart' Collection. The beautiful face of this child is bordered with bead trim and embellished with machine quilting. The artist statement for this quilt is as follows: I wanted this child more than I can say. He was sweet and gentle, his breathing so labored and his eyes so languid. But I could not move through the bureaucracy fast enough to adopt him, or to save him. As papers were being signed, his labored breathing stopped. I moved from grace to grief. He is gone now, but he will never escape my memory. I hear him in the night and I reach for him. Then I remember.
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