We (A Better Quilt, Inc.) were honored
to be chosen as the long arm quilter for the Freedom Quilt
Experience.
The
Freedom Quilt Experience was commissioned to provide a backdrop for an exhibit of twisted pieces of
metal from the World Trade Center.
It is made from ten unique quilt
panels, one panel for each of the ten years that have passed since nearly 3000 of our brothers and
sisters were murdered in the attacks on 9/11/01. When put together, the quilt panels form a display 16 feet high and nearly 30 feet
wide.
Each panel was designed and sewn
together by a different individual or quilt guild. It
is truly amazing how individuals from all different backgrounds and locations, working in isolation
with only a concept to guide them, created ten totally unique quilts that when put together form a
unified background.
The two center panels mimic the two
shafts of light that shoot in the night sky on each anniversary of the
attack.
The
triangles on the other panels show the same
perspective you experience when you look down a railroad
track or section of long,straight highway. Time, distance,
journey, and coming together (or convergence) are all
represented.The red,
white and blue color theme speaks for itself.
The triangle shape is also a subtle reminder of how an American flag looks as it hangs
from a pole and the raising of the flag over the rubble of the twin towers.
The Freedom Quilt Experience will be displayed at different venues over
the next few months. In February 2012 the quilt panels will achieve their intended purpose as a backdrop
forsteel artifacts from the World Trade Center. This exhibit will
be at District475 in Englewood, Colorado. It is expected
that final home forThe Freedom Quilt Experience will be the 9/11 Museum that will open in
2012.
