This piece will always mean more to me than I can put into words. “Nebraska Treasure” began as a way to honor the connection, strength, and storytelling that quilts have carried for generations—especially in farming communities. Quilts were more than warmth; they were symbols of care, community, and resilience, stitched together from what was available and holding together both the fabric and the lives of those who used them. My design is based on a historic 1945 quilt made by Nebraska quiltmaker Louise Howey—a rare and complex pattern that spoke to the precision and dedication of the women who made them. I adjusted the colors to reflect the palette of my own family farm and layered the surface with imagery from farm life—grain bins, cattle, rural landscapes—so it became a bridge between Louise’s legacy and my own story. I worked on this during one of the hardest seasons of my life, and the process became my therapy. For weeks, I sat with these 1,344 ceramic tiles, threading them together one by one, much like the quilters I grew up watching during youth fellowship evenings at my church. Seeing it finished brought a wave of emotion I can’t fully describe—because this piece isn’t just about quilts or clay, it’s about my life stitched into every part of it.