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12 – Wales
May, 1998 – Wales – In the Church of All Saints’ in the little town of Gresford in Wales, you can find three of the strange, pagan faces of The Green Man that were carved there by ancient church builders. The face that is framed in the leaves at the top of this quilt can found carved into the pedestal in The Lady’s Chapel. Dark, ancient yew trees surround church.
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11 – Mexico
January, 1989 – Mexico – The Yucatan Peninsula shelters wondrous Mayan ruins. This pyramid stands with the sea at its back. On the steps is the ghost of a Mayan priest. The Mayan Sun God warms the scene.
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10 – Maryland
October, 1998 – Maryland – This Victorian home stands on the banks of a tide water river off the Chesapeake Bay. In front, in the salty water, sails a Log Canoe, indigenous to the area. The sky is sparkling blue, but the constant, fresh wind makes quilted ripples in the air.
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9 – Minneapolis
October, 1998 – Minneapolis – The quilt-maker’s own house is framed against the background of the Ruby McKim Little Houses. The rose-colored, oblong shapes around the border are the identical shape and size of the doors used to begin all of the buildings in this series of quilts.
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8 – Jamaica
September, 1994 – Jamaica -The Caribbean Sea is incredibly blue. This quilt shows a souvenir stand beneath the trees by a sandy beach. On the lower left is a lizard, which one young man, when pressed to name it, said “it’s a house-lizard, mon!” The glorious Jamaican sun is quilted setting into the sea
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