Art Quilts by Jill Le Croissette have been shown in over ninety juried quilt and multi-media exhibits regionally, nationally and internationally. Her work has won 18 awards and prizes. Formerly an academic librarian, she has been a fulltime quilt and wearable artist since 1982. Jill has published seven articles on quilting and related subjects, and her quilts have appeared in books, magazine, video recordings and newspapers, as well as in her own and other websites. Her work is in collections in the U.S., Australia, Britain, France, Spain and Sweden, and in the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Turkmenistan.

Hate is Expensive
$250

Wool, cotton, cotton and wool threads, cotton batting
Reverse appliqué, discharge, hand stitching

In this piece, I tried to show that the damage done by hate can never be mended. Hatred between people and nations is too expensive. It destroys innocent lives and is carried on from generation to generation. We’ve got to learn not to hate other people because they are different.