35 x 41.5 in.

Materials: Image of Bloody Butcher red maize digitally printed on cotton by Spoonflower, magenta organza, Dual Duty thread, Quilters Dream Orient batting, cotton felt backing, cotton/polyester binding.

Techniques: Machine piecing and quilting, binding stitched by hand to backing.

Bloody Butcher heirloom maize was developed in Virginia during the 1840s, when many farms were using slave and servant labor. The savage name for this strain of maize seems to attest to the brutal environment of many of these forgotten laborers.  I wish to thank retired botanist David G. Fisher for permitting me to use his photograph of red maize grown in his Midwest garden. This image is printed on page 17 of his 2021 book, Just Grow It Yourself: Home Gardens Outshine Industrial Food.

EXHIBITED: Nature's Canvas, SAQA juried exhibition touring 2026-2028

PUBLISHED: SAQA exhibition catalogue

Photo by Deidre Adams

(Not for sale at this time via my website)

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