CMOELLERS Stanza Della Signatura - My 25th Wedding Anniversary quilt. It was inspired by a picture I saw of a chapel in the Vatican called "Stanza Della Segnatura". The room was designed by this unknown artist who was commission by Pope Julius II. He was working on this chapel the same time Michelangelo was working on the Sistine Chapel. The room was to be a library and a private office and was to represent Truth, Good and Beauty. There were some beautiful frescos and I was fascinated how they connected with each other with their arches and curves. I tried to mimic that in my quilt. I simplified some of the design elements in the room to make it into a quilt top. The mosaic tile floor prompted me to do the quilt with a medallion center and geese curving around to form the arches. There are four frescos in this room, hence the 4 arches in my quilt. I don't claim to be an artist but I just love looking at art and the stories behind their work. In the center of the quilt is a quilted Celtic lovers knot. The geese symbolize the interesting directions our lives have take over the years. The geese are all going in the same direction which is because we are flying together and helping each other achieve our goals and dreams. We found each other and that is why the center has a mariner's compass. It symbolizes the beginning of our get adventure in our wonderful life together. The quilt has no borders, well there is a reason. I wanted it to be that way. It is to symbolize that our life will continue to venture on into the unknown. We will travel together side by side into the future. There will be no boundaries to limit our adventures together.