Lisa Ellis Quilts - Healing Quilts

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Healing Quilts
Making art quilts for healing is one of my passions. Here is a sample of recent works.

Escher's Needlepoint

30" x 30"

Canna

30" x 30"

This piece has funky portraits of each of the 10 Brehm Coalition members: Kevan Herold, Mark Atkinson, Jeff Bluestone, George Eisenbarth, Matthias Herrath, Max Pietropaolo, Peter Arvan, Chris Rhodes, Matthias Hebrok and Mimo Accili. These scientists are working together to find the cure for Type I Diabetes. Also featured are Bill and Dee Brehm and Paul Licther. This quilt is donated to the University of Michigan.

Connecting the Dots

24.25” x” x 31.5”

Castor Bean

30” x 30”

Donated to the Brehm Center for Type I Diabetes Research and Analysis at the University of Michigan as a part of the collection from the Fiber Artists @ Loose Ends.

Beta Cell

33.5" x 28.5"

The Chinese Letter that is quilted in the right hand corner means Faith. There are also cranes and bamboo quilted onto the surface. Donated to the Brehm Center for Type I Diabetes at the University of Michigan.

Asian Morning

35" x 35"

Donated to the Vine Arts for an auction on June 12, 2005 to raise money for the Culpeper Regional Hospital and is now in a private collection.

Primrose

36" x 30"

Made for the Healing Quilts in Medicine project. Mutterkraut is used in chemo drugs. This quilt is in a permanent exhibit in the cancer wing of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Mutterkraut Collage

30" x 24"

Inspired by John 15 when Jesus says," I am the vine and you are the branches." Made for the Vine Arts auction to raise money for Culpeper Regional Hospital and is in a private collection.

Late Harvest

34" x 27"

The quilt was made for UNIFEM (United Nations Fund for the Development of Women). It was exhibited at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, February 2007 and AQS Quilt Show, April 25-28, 2007. It was auctioned off on June 22, 2007 and is now in the private collection of author Neale Godfrey.