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Coastal Quilters Chapter Banner #8

Rockport is a very small town immediately south of Camden. If you were visiting here and didn’t see the “welcome to” signs, you’d probably not realize you had gone from Camden into Rockport (or vice versa). With a population of about 3500, Rockport sits on the next small harbor south of Camden; overlooking the harbor is Center for Contemporary Art (we’re trying to educate them about art quilts, but it is along road), the Rockport Opera House, and a shipbuilder that build the replica of the Godspeed, one of the Jamestown ships. Matthea Dietz is a busy mom of a two-year old son with a couple of jobs, plus coaching ice skating and a bunch of other things (including speaking Chinese and other fascinating tidbits…would love to see her more but our lives are too crazy busy). She is relatively new to art quilting, but gamely took on the challenge of the Opera House, based on my pattern:

She did a phenomenal job…remember what I said about everyone doing better than their best?! Yep!

And Isabelle Davis made this sailboat greatly improving my simple sailboat sketch. There are SO many boaters here, especially in summer, I think you could just about walk across Rockport harbor just by hopping from deck to deck!

2 Responses to “Coastal Quilters Chapter Banner #8”

  1. Anonymous Says:

    Fantastic fabric shoices for the sailboat block! Until I enlarged the photo (and what great detail then!) I wondered if the trees in the background were thread painted.
    Is the opera house a bit tilted or is it just your photography? Nice work anyway.

    Can’t wait to see the completed banner!

    jq

  2. takinanap Says:

    this sailboat has alot of nice movement in it…just like a real sailboat. nice greens and blues in this one. love rockport in the summertime!

    maggie
    portland maine