A beautiful quilt created by the 13 members of the Crown of Maine Quilters is on display in the library this month. It took the quilting group 3 months to complete this quilt.
Lavone Walters from the quilting group stopped by the library and provided a description (below) of each of the quilt panels.
Crown of Maine Quilters:
Members - Lona Cyr, Lois Griffin, LaVone Walters, Cathy Shaw, Theresa Good, Judy Green, Carla Catlett, Kay Crary, Deidre McMahon, Chris Murphy, Barbara Rouse, Lori Shaw, Lucinda Jacobs
Description from LaVone Walters:
This quilt was made by 13 members of the Crown of Maine Quilters. All blocks represent places in Presque Isle and Maine. On the top row we have two pine trees (Maine in the Pine Tree State). The center is the emblem chosen by the City of Presque Isle for the 150 year celebration.
Row 1 :
The bear - Maine black bear
Potato basket - The potato industry as it used to be in Maine
Preble Hall - Represents the University of Maine College system.
Balloon site - site of the first successful Trans-Atlantic balloon crossing made in 1981 and landed in France. We held our 25th anniversary celebration on August 17, 2003.
Railroad station - Represents travel by rail and for many years the only way of shipping potatoes from Aroostook County.
Chickadee - Maine state bird.
Center Star - according to one of our quilting books this is the Maine state star - Presque Isle is the Star City and the city's colors are blue and white.
The four corners represent some of the following Maine sports: Upper left = camping, upper right = baseball, lower left = hockey, lower right = hunting and fishing.
Row 2
Winter Sports Center represents Aroostook State Park, Quoggy Joe, and Nordic Heritage Center
Post Office - Presque Isle Post Office
Communication towers represents the radio and television towers
Church represents all the churches in the area
Row 3
Barn represents the agricultural way of life in the area.
Airport - became the Presque Isle airport after the Presque Isle air base closed.
School House - represents the one room school houses of many years ago.
Hospital - this building represents all the local health care.
Row 4
Moose represents the wildlife in Maine
Library is the Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library
Fair grounds - Northern Maine Fair
Fire Station - Old fire station the way it looked so many years ago
Fiddleheads - spring delicacy of Maine
Deer - white tail deer, more of the wildlife in Maine
Bottom - Landscape from Chapman Road looking at Haystack Mountain in the center.
Lavone Walters from the quilting group stopped by the library and provided a description (below) of each of the quilt panels.
Crown of Maine Quilters:
Members - Lona Cyr, Lois Griffin, LaVone Walters, Cathy Shaw, Theresa Good, Judy Green, Carla Catlett, Kay Crary, Deidre McMahon, Chris Murphy, Barbara Rouse, Lori Shaw, Lucinda Jacobs
Description from LaVone Walters:
This quilt was made by 13 members of the Crown of Maine Quilters. All blocks represent places in Presque Isle and Maine. On the top row we have two pine trees (Maine in the Pine Tree State). The center is the emblem chosen by the City of Presque Isle for the 150 year celebration.
Row 1 :
The bear - Maine black bear
Potato basket - The potato industry as it used to be in Maine
Preble Hall - Represents the University of Maine College system.
Balloon site - site of the first successful Trans-Atlantic balloon crossing made in 1981 and landed in France. We held our 25th anniversary celebration on August 17, 2003.
Railroad station - Represents travel by rail and for many years the only way of shipping potatoes from Aroostook County.
Chickadee - Maine state bird.
Center Star - according to one of our quilting books this is the Maine state star - Presque Isle is the Star City and the city's colors are blue and white.
The four corners represent some of the following Maine sports: Upper left = camping, upper right = baseball, lower left = hockey, lower right = hunting and fishing.
Row 2
Winter Sports Center represents Aroostook State Park, Quoggy Joe, and Nordic Heritage Center
Post Office - Presque Isle Post Office
Communication towers represents the radio and television towers
Church represents all the churches in the area
Row 3
Barn represents the agricultural way of life in the area.
Airport - became the Presque Isle airport after the Presque Isle air base closed.
School House - represents the one room school houses of many years ago.
Hospital - this building represents all the local health care.
Row 4
Moose represents the wildlife in Maine
Library is the Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library
Fair grounds - Northern Maine Fair
Fire Station - Old fire station the way it looked so many years ago
Fiddleheads - spring delicacy of Maine
Deer - white tail deer, more of the wildlife in Maine
Bottom - Landscape from Chapman Road looking at Haystack Mountain in the center.
Quilt Display Schedule:
April / NMCC
May / Presque Isle Middle School
June / Presque Isle Airport
July / City Hall
August / Presque Isle Historical Society
September / University of Maine Presque Isle
October / Chamber of Commerce
November / Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library
December / Police Station
April / NMCC
May / Presque Isle Middle School
June / Presque Isle Airport
July / City Hall
August / Presque Isle Historical Society
September / University of Maine Presque Isle
October / Chamber of Commerce
November / Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library
December / Police Station
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