Elsy Menko – Book #6
The Bible – the Creation – day six
Day six was a busy day. All the animals came into being “…He made the beasts of the earth .. the cattle .. and everything that creepeth on the ground”. And the ultimate of the creation: “… created man in His own image … male and female created He them”. In my quilt I have hand stitched verses describing the sixth day in a circular fashion echoing our round globe, depicted different animals in twosomes – male and female – as well as a male and female figure. The blooms in the corners are there to remind us of how beautiful this world is and the animals remind us of the upcoming story of Noah and his ark of animals, male and female.
Commercial cotton fabrics, fusing, hand stitching, free machine embroidery.
Detail view:
FIFTEEN BY FIFTEEN 
Wauw, so many stitches you made for the text and all the animals between the text. Lovely how you did this in a spiral.
Love the details that you have managed to include in this piece. Beautifully stitched and the flowers bring it all to life. Lovely work!
So many stitches in this piece ! I love how you announce Noah’s story by stitching two animals of each kind ! And the idea of the spiral is a great one ! Bravo !
Congratulation, I am amazed at how you incorporated so much detail in the spiral.
I really appreciate your hand stitching work and the machine embroidery of the animals. wounderful.
That is really an amazing quilt. I love your stitching and it is hard to wrap my head around how you managed to put so many species on such a small surface. My favorites, of course, are Adam and Eve!
What a lot of stitching and creativity you put into this piece. This is a marvellous end to your series. Great work
A splendidly detailed end to your series. The amount of stitching is amazing and I love that you have managed to include so many creatures.
Oh my goodness, such attention to detail! You’ve put in so much symbolism in such a small space. What a lovely and amazing end to your series. I love it!
Awesome how you stitched all this animals in pairs and the amazing text in handstitching with Adam and Eve looking on. I love how you added the flowers to show us how beautiful the world is and we should not destroy it.
Wow, it was so clever of you to create this in a spiral! Your embroidery is perfect and very impressive. The appliques in each corner add a nice touch that livens up the overall effect.
I love your quilt. Great composition and embroidery. I like your idea of the circle, unity, circle of life, union…. Fantastic work. Bravo!
Brilliant idea and perfect execution, great job!