Mary is a new member of Rebels. She is a retired first grade teacher and this quilt is for her school. As I recall, the houses represent the children, the stars are the teachers, the next row represents the library, in the lower mid right is a tree from the school memorial garden for a teacher who died. The many flags around the tree represent the ethnicity of the students. The buildings on the right are Seattle landmarks: the Smith tower, the Space Needle, Starbucks, the Columbia tower. The chicken is really a dragon for the Asian influence. The yellow patches below the tree represent school buses. Mary is a beginning quilter, and doing great work.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Mary's Memory Quilt, Rebels 3/24/2010
Mary is a new member of Rebels. She is a retired first grade teacher and this quilt is for her school. As I recall, the houses represent the children, the stars are the teachers, the next row represents the library, in the lower mid right is a tree from the school memorial garden for a teacher who died. The many flags around the tree represent the ethnicity of the students. The buildings on the right are Seattle landmarks: the Smith tower, the Space Needle, Starbucks, the Columbia tower. The chicken is really a dragon for the Asian influence. The yellow patches below the tree represent school buses. Mary is a beginning quilter, and doing great work.
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Buffy, I am not seeing the picture. May be something is wrong with my computer? The story of this quilt sounds lovely. Hope I can see it later.
ReplyDeleteInteresting...I couldn't see the picture this morning, either. Shut down the computer, and still couldn't. Hmmm. This is amazing work for anyone, but a beginning quilter, crazy! So glad to see that she is quilting to her own drum!
ReplyDeleteWonderful quilt!! So much love for the kids, the school, the teachers and all. Beautiful color work too!
ReplyDeleteOkay.. Oh my goodness! I can see the quilt! Gorgeous color choices and so many details packed in one quilt! I wonder what she will do next!
ReplyDeleteI had trouble enlarging photo, after publishing. It seems to have healed itself. I had similar trouble in the past with Lee Ann's cards. That also got better on it's own. Mysteries.
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