You Are the Light, Amanda Gorman
by Elaine Romanelli
12” x 19.5”
2021

Amanda Gorman’s uplifting words in The Hill We Climb which
she delivered in January of 2021 at Joe Biden’s inauguration. This quilt was selected to
hang at QuiltCon 2022.

I designed this quilt in response to a challenge to make a quilt inspired by a poem. I
immediately thought of Amanda Gorman’s uplifting words in The Hill We Climb which
she delivered in January of 2021 at Joe Biden’s inauguration. This quilt was selected to
hang at QuiltCon 2022.