SOS
(SAVE OUR SEAS)
©1998 Ruth Harris
Machine Pieced
Machine quilted
Commercial cotton, hand-dyed cotton, beads, fish hooks, embellishments, fishing
rod to hang, fishing line connecting blocks, cotton batting
32”width x 32”length
(fishing rod- 60”)
Collection of Elements Beadery (Pat), Bethany, OK
This quilt was made to make an environmental statement.
The fish on the quilt front are beautifully beaded and are pretty to
view. But the quilt back shows our
waters with huge-ugly fishing lures on it.
Man leaves his footprint wherever he goes—may he remember his
environment.
Show History
1999- SOLD
1998- “Quilt Extravaganza”- Cleveland County
Historical Museum- Norman, OK
1998- “Uncommon Threads”- Solo Exhibition, Kirkpatrick
Galleries, OKC
