"Power of Unity," a quilt created and made by four Boston-area Baha'is under the auspices of the Boston-based Faith Quilts Project, will be on exhibit in April at the Boston Center for the Arts.

Neophyte quilters Pari Anvar, Jaleh Khadem, Mojdeh Rouhani and Patricia Towfigh painstakingly worked on their project under the tutelage of renowned quilt artist Clara Wainwright, who founded the Faith Quilts Project as a way to bridge religious divides after the Sept. 11 tragedy. Wainwright also is a co-founder of First Night Boston, a New Year's Eve celebration of the arts and community that has spread throughout the country.

The more love is expressed among mankind and the stronger the power of unity, the greater will be this reflection and revelation, for the greatest bestowal of God is love. - Abdu'l-Baha

The quilt's creators -- Baha'is who come from Muslim, Jewish and Christian backgrounds -- designed it around their favorite writings and quotations from the Faith. Perhaps not so coincidentally, "we all came up with the same two quotations (from Baha'u'llah)," said Ms. Khadem: "'We are all the leaves of one tree and the drops of one ocean" and "The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.'"

The two quotes rim the border of the circular quilt, which measures nine feet in diameter. The circular shape represents the earth. A Tree of Life at the center of the quilt symbolizes humanity. The nine-point star at the tip of the tree is a symbol used by the Baha'i Faith. Blue velvet "rivers," which radiate from the star, represent "God's many religions," says Ms. Khadem.

The "Power of Unity" quilt graced the cover of the 2005 Massachusetts edition of the Catalogue for Philanthropy, which goes to households throughout that state.