Women of the Bible Quilt

An art quilt display with colorful quilts and fabric art related to biblical women, with banners containing inspirational text, including a large paper mache sculpture of a woman with a heart on her chest in the center.
  • Patchwork quilt with a red-haired mermaid, a yellow snake, and a hand holding a red apple, with black fabric strips containing gold embroidered text.

    Eve

    serpent beguiles
    tempted becoming temptress
    husband sharing sin

  • Quilt wall hanging depicting a woman in a red dress walking on a path beside a river, with handwritten text beneath.

    Miriam

    tambourines jangle
    slave voices raised to the Lord
    dancing freedom’s song

  • A quilted wall hanging depicting an Egyptian scene with a woman in a white dress, black hair, a yellow headband, and a turquoise necklace, standing near the Nile River with pyramids and the sun in the background.

    Pharoah's Daughter

    drawn from the river
    Pharaoh’s daughter takes child
    loves him as her own

  • A quilt with an abstract background, a white outline of a person. and embroidered.

    Lot's Wife

    reluctant to leave
    second thoughts her last
    entombed in salt

  • An art quilt of a girl in a white dress talking to aking and , one standing and one sitting, with text around the border.

    Ester

    chosen wife of king
    matches wits with advisor
    saves Jewish people

  • A quilt with a fiery orange and yellow background, depicting the silhouette of a woman in the center surrounded by four smaller silhouettes of women doing different dance poses. The quilt has a black border with handwritten phrases: "Daughters of the Sun" on the left, "We wear her colors of seduction" at the bottom, and some unreadable text on the right.

    Cozbi

    daughter of King Zur
    weaves her web of seduction
    with sex and idols

  • A quilted artwork depicting a girl lying in a hospital bed with brown and beige walls, a night sky background, and two black figures holding hands. Handwritten text at the bottom reads, 'Hidden spies escape landing behind a red cord. Daring salvation.'

    Rehab

    hidden spies escape
    leaving behind a red cord
    dangling salvation

  • Quilt with a blue heron standing near a small pond with sunlight background.

    Bath-sheba

    bathing atop roof
    woman in afternoon sun
    stirs king’s desires

  • A fabric quilt depicting a person in blue robes with a blue head covering, standing with hands clasped, in front of a window with orange and yellow patterned glass, and a textured floor, with handwritten text at the top.

    Anna

    widow worshiping
    64 years in temple
    smiles on Christ child

  • A quilt depicting a girl kneeling and praying with a hand on a table or altar, wearing a blue dress and a white headscarf, with a quote embroidered below that reads 'Humble peasant girl scandelized by conception bares heartache and joy.'

    Mary

    humble peasant girl
    scandalized by conception
    bares heartache and joy

  • Colorful tie-dye quilt with embroidered outlines of two women, one holding a bowl and the other sitting with a crossbody bag, and two peace signs, with handwritten text on the black border.

    Martha

    watching her sister
    well intended, but jealous
    chooses unwisely

  • Colorful quilt of Mary Magdalen

    Mary Magdalene

    Demon filled woman
    in moment of sanity
    pleads for forgiveness

  • A quilt with a depiction of the Virgin Mary holding a child on the left side and a map on the right side, with a handwritten poem

    Sarah

    barren woman laughs
    from woman dried ages ago
    a new nation springs

  • A quilt depictingb a woman in a hooded coat holding a hanging figure, with leafless trees and flying birds in the background.

    Rizbah

    Two lifeless bodies
    guarded by grieving mother
    moves king to burial

  • Textile artwork featuring a woman's face with a purple hood, surrounded by fabric patches and bordered with purple fabric, with handwritten text on two sides.

    Lydia

    On the river bank
    Seller of cloth redeemed
    Sustains apostles

An art quilt depicting a woman with long dark hair sitting on a stool, gently touching a kneeling girl with long hair, in a domestic setting, with a decorative rug and a window in the background, and embroidered script at the bottom.

 Delilah

Stroking head in lap
Beautiful seductress plots
Strength fails as locks fall