Quilt

Object/Artifact

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St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

2005.001.0001

Description

One pictorial quilt made for the 350th anniversary of the state of Maryland by the St. Mary's County Quilters. Quilt 101.5"h x 83"w is in portrait orientation with a large center panel flanked by one panel on each end and three panels on each long side. A border outlines the entire appliqued and embroidered quilt. An impressive piece. According to Hilda Drury, Evelyn Buck and Karen Flanders designed the piece. Center panel is 55" high by 36 3/4" wide enclosing a diamond panel that is 51 5/8" high by 33 1/2" wide. The Ark and Dove are shown in the diamond with a flag of St. George, a Union Jack, and other flags fluttering. The ships are brown with some red and white striped trim. In each triangle on the corners of the diamond is a 8 3/16" diameter yellow and gold black-eyed susan appliqued on a pale yellow background. [Made by Evelyn Buck] Top panels: Left panel is 18 3/4" high by 18 1/2" wide of the replica State House with brown walls, a light roof and embroidered windows and door [made by Margaret Owens]; center panel is 36 5/8" wide by 18 1/2" high with the county seal in the center at 8 7/8" diameter and a Maryland flag on each side at approximately 7" x 9" and a fluttering banner across the bottom saying 1634-1984 [embroidered by Karen Flanders]; right panel is 13 3/4" high by 18 1/2" wide with the cross on St. Clement's Island done in blue and white with brown and green ground at the base [made by Doris Barbour]. Side panels: Drum Point Lighthouse panel is 18 5/8" high by 18 1/4" wide with gray and white stripes and red roofs standing in blue water [made by Louise Thomas]; the crab and jellyfish panel is 18 1/4" high by 18 1/4" wide with an orange crab and a pale jellyfish [made by Elaine Merritt]; the church at Newtown panel is 18 1/16" high by 18 1/4" wide with a light colored church and a brown patterned roof across from a tobacco field [made by Hilda Drury]. Bottom panels: The tobacco plant panel is 18 1/4" high by 18 1/2" wide with a green plant with pale pink flowers [made by Sue Wolf]; the tobacco barn panel is 18 1/4" high by 36 5/8" wide with a gray and black barn with a red roof [made by Hilda Drury]; the Wye oak panel is 18 1/4" high by 18 5/16" wide with a green patterned tree and a solid green oak leaf [made by Louise Thomas]. Side panels: Bird panel is 18 9/16" high by 18 1/2" wide with a male and female Baltimore oriole and their distinctive nest in a circle in the square [made by Elaine Merritt]; the Ft. McHenry panel is 18" high by 18 1/4" wide with a very dark outline for the fort, an American flag inside and yellow stars trailing red and white stripes in the "sky" around it [made by Elle Downs]; the skipjack panel is 18 9/16" high by 18 1/2" wide with a very pale boat sailing across it [made by Margaret ownes]. Outside border is 5 or more inches wide with medium brown paisley fabric bounded by warm beige. Back is muslin color. All the members shared in the quilting of the piece. A postcard of the quilt is in a mylar envelope in the box, an article about the quilt is in a folder in the box, and a copy of the panel naming the makers of the squares and that has been displayed with the quilt is in an envelope in the box.

Collection

Quilt and Coverlet Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1983 - 1984

Dimensions

Height

101-1/2 in

Width

83 in

Location

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Barbour, Doris

Person or Organization

Buck, Evelyn

Person or Organization

Downs, Elle

Person or Organization

Drury, Hilda

Person or Organization

Flanders, Karen

Person or Organization

Merritt, Elaine

Person or Organization

Owens, Margaret

Person or Organization

Thomas, Louise

Person or Organization

Wolf, Sue