Rails I is part of a series that is inspired by the Neuostheim Railway junction I lived in Mannheim, Germany with my husband and travelled through this junction almost every day. As I travelled, I thought about the number of trains and people who have also travelled through, where were they going, what connections were made, what history has this junction seen.

I explored these thoughts (paths) in making these strips connect and move away from each other. This quilt was both machine and hand quilted. The hand quilting used embroidery cross-stitch matched to the color of the fabric. The cross-stitch continues with the railway theme representing the universal road sign of a railway.