This quilt captures the power of one block as a design format.  I drew the illustration of the young native girl superimposed over the block “Indian Plume” as a class sample while teaching at the Asilomar conference center  in the spring of 2009.  My daily walks along the ocean paths inspired both my subject, Sacajawea and her delight seeing the ocean for the first time, and the fabric choices for the background representing the deep blues of the sea.