For Your Mercy is Great: Finished

 In a couple of earlier posts this week, I shared in-progress posts about my newest liturgical quilt which is inspired by the Prayers of the People.  

Today I'm back to share the finished quilt.  I'm so pleased with how it turned out, I love the floating globe, and the pushed together letters, and the quilted fish, and the luxurious velvet borders. 

Here you get a good view of the quilted fish and the pink flowers that add a little warmth to the piece.

I love getting to "doodle" quilting in the open spaces,  here I tried to adde a little more warmth but doing some designs with heavy orange and brown thread.  The effect is good but I had some problems with the thread, so the back isn't great.

I tried to make northern Africa golden, in honor of its deserts.  You can see the gold rays that connect the globe to the rest of the quilt (the white is the wall behind the piece). 

In addition to there being leftover prairie dogs up in North America, I had two more prairie dogs in my scrap bin, again all leftover from a quilt from 2014, so I added them down here in the bottom corners where there was space.  I didn't have a great picture of the bottom prairie dog so sorry this one is a big fuzzy.

Here's the final thing one more time. I think it came out really well.  My overall goal was to capture the idea of praying for all people in need around the world, for their health and safety and for wise judgement in our leaders, and for a willingness to work for peace and harmony and especially to conserve our planet.

For Your Mercy is Great, c. 2025, Shannon Conley, 61" x 44"

The artist statement reads:

Part of my ongoing liturgical series, this piece reflects our spiritual charge to care for our world. Each week we pray collectively for the Universal Church, its members, and its mission; the nation and all in authority, he welfare of the world, the concerns of the local community, those who suffer and those in any trouble, and the departed. Prayer is the first step, and care and action are the next. Hear us Lord, for your mercy is great.