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Coastal Quilters Chapter Banner #9

Today we have what were the final three contributions: Gail Galloway Nicholson’s schooner, based on my drawing of the Mary Grace, the oldest schooner in the Camden Harbor, and two pieces by Jeanne-Marie Robinson of Northport. Since I first wrote this blogpost, though, I’ve added varioius bits to the quilt..one block on the outside, bits on the center (that were empty and needed “something”, and to the top border. So you’ll have to hang on a bit longer for the final “pre-quilting” reveal, and then longer yet for the quilted version. I’ve also got a blog on the most recent Frayed Edges meeting this past Monday, and have been busier than a mad hatter quilting the banner……

The Mary Grace is the oldest of the schooners working out of Camden Harbor, where it has been taking tourists to sea since 1932! The mid-coast here is known as the Schooner Coast, and even the middle school sports teams are the Schooners. Thanks to the owner of the Mary Grace for permission to use his publicity photo of his beautiful ship for our quilt. Gail did another fantabulous job on this addition to the center panel.

Jeanne-Marie Robinson is an amazing and prolific art quilter. How she produces so much work…and so much of it by hand… in the 24 hours we get each day is beyond me, and it’s all fabulous. She designed these blocks and sent them to Maine from her winter home in Florida. She LOVES animals and all sorts of critters, so of course these are hers. The seagull is familiar to anyone who has ever visited a seacoast:

And the seal is Andre The Seal. There is a sculpture of him in Rockport Harbor at the park there (a great picnic spot by the way!), and here is a link to some information on the book written about him at DownEast Books. The book was made into a movie, and there is even a Wikipedia entry!

One Response to “Coastal Quilters Chapter Banner #9”

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