MODERN BAYMEN Magazine

MODERN BAYMEN Magazine

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folktraditions: Mary B. is a Conche resident who works at the fish plant near her home. She’s been working there for 36 years. She spends the winters and other free time knitting, quilting, crocheting, and cross-stitching. Most of what she makes she gives away to people as gifts. baymen.

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Mary B. is a Conche resident who works at the fish plant near her home. She’s been working there for 36 years. She spends the winters and other free time knitting, quilting, crocheting, and cross-stitching. Most of what she makes she gives away to people as gifts.

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folktraditions: A photo motif gradutation quilt that Myrtel made for her granddaughter. This is a very original quilt as each panel is a photograph rather than the typical symbols of graduation that most quilts have on them. baymen.

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A photo motif gradutation quilt that Myrtel made for her granddaughter. This is a very original quilt as each panel is a photograph rather than the typical symbols of graduation that most quilts have on them.

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folktraditions: Marie and Oliver pose together in their home. I went by to visit Marie in Roddickton due to her reputation as a great quilter in the region. She mostly does painted panels which are then quilted by hand. Her painting is nicely done, and while she follows patterns, she also creates her own drawings to then paint. She had ten quilts to show me, but I’ve actually seen 11 of them as I met someone in Conche who owns a quilt made by Marie. When I was visiting, I was lucky to have met Marie’s husband Oliver because he was very enthusiastic about her work. He said that she had no formal training and that she is a natural painter. He was eager to talk about local history as well. I kept asking what they thought the history of the Newfoundland quilt is, and like most other people I’ve met, they didn’t have any clear answers to offer. She first heard of them from a nun who was living in the area 15-20 years ago. The nun would give people lessons on quilting, and would use the Newfoundland quilt to teach. However, the exact origin of the Newfoundland quilt continues to elude me. baymen.

folktraditions:

Marie and Oliver pose together in their home. I went by to visit Marie in Roddickton due to her reputation as a great quilter in the region. She mostly does painted panels which are then quilted by hand. Her painting is nicely done, and while she follows patterns, she also creates her own drawings to then paint. She had ten quilts to show me, but I’ve actually seen 11 of them as I met someone in Conche who owns a quilt made by Marie. When I was visiting, I was lucky to have met Marie’s husband Oliver because he was very enthusiastic about her work. He said that she had no formal training and that she is a natural painter. He was eager to talk about local history as well. I kept asking what they thought the history of the Newfoundland quilt is, and like most other people I’ve met, they didn’t have any clear answers to offer. She first heard of them from a nun who was living in the area 15-20 years ago. The nun would give people lessons on quilting, and would use the Newfoundland quilt to teach. However, the exact origin of the Newfoundland quilt continues to elude me.

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folktraditions: This is Millie Carnell, Maggie’s mother. She is a resident of Flower’s Cove who spends her time playing cards, embroidering, and making quilts. She came by to see her daughter at the French Island B&B, where she showed me some of her wonderful work. Aside from the embroidered Newfoundland quilts, she also makes applique style quilts. She is friends with Laurie Chambers, master knitter, who lives at the B&B with Maggie and her husband. baymen.

folktraditions:

This is Millie Carnell, Maggie’s mother. She is a resident of Flower’s Cove who spends her time playing cards, embroidering, and making quilts. She came by to see her daughter at the French Island B&B, where she showed me some of her wonderful work. Aside from the embroidered Newfoundland quilts, she also makes applique style quilts. She is friends with Laurie Chambers, master knitter, who lives at the B&B with Maggie and her husband.

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