Eureka!

Art

The National Quilt Museum

Name/Title

Eureka!

Entry/Object ID

2024.03.01

Made/Created

Artist

Marilyn Badger

Date made

2012

Place

City

St. George

State/Province

Utah

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

84 in

Width

84 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

“This quilt was inspired by Jacqueline de Jonge’s "Circle of Life" quilt. The Lone Star in the middle is surrounded by parts of Jacqueline’s design with my original flowers and borders. Over 2,000 crystal beads were hand-sewn after quilting, and couching with Razzle-Dazzle was added to highlight some of my original quilting designs.”

Label

"It has always been my belief when a quilt calls for one fabric of a certain color, the quilt is going to be much more interesting if you use 20 or 30 different fabrics in that color."

Research Notes

Notes

Awards Won: Best Solitaire - HMQS 2012 1st Place and Merit Award for Machine Quilting - APWQ 2012 Best of Show and Best Longarm Quilting - MQX West 2012 Best of Show - AQS Des Moines 2013 1st Place Large - Road to California 2013 Best of Show and 1st Place Large - Indiana Heritage 2013 Best Solitaire - MQS 2013 Best Longarm and 1st Place Pieced - Minnesota Quilters 2013 2nd Place Merit Machine Quilting - IQA Houston 2013 Cover IQA Calendar 2015 Best of Show, 1st Place Pieced, and nominated for Master Quilt status by NQA Columbus 2014 Best of Show - Shipshewana 2014

General Notes

Note Type

Materials Used

Note

Hand-dyed cotton sateen, silk dupioni, kimono silk thread, Razzle Dazzle thread, Swarovski crystal beads, metal embellishments

Note Type

Techniques Used

Note

Machine paper pieced, machine appliquéd, machine quilted, couched, hand embellished