A Day at the Beach
70×90
Machine Pieced and Quilted by
Rosemary Griffin of Dollyshousedesigns.com
Crafted in the heart of the Pine Tree State by Dollys House Designs, LLC. I am proud to have created the raffle quilt for Maine Quilts 2026.
A lot of my childhood was spent on the coast of Maine. My mother, Marge, and I would take our favorite quilt to the beach where we would spend all day laughing, swimming and watching the waves. Our days were spent in quiet contemplation of different quilt patterns which we created during the summers spent in Maine. One particular quilt she taught me to make was my Carpenter Star Quilt. I have recreated the quilt, seen above, which reflects the colors of the sand, ocean, and the rocks.
The history of the Carpenter Wheel as it appears in the 1800s was built from diamonds and squares, often with narrow set-in seams usually used as a single large medallion. In the early 1900s it appears in newspapers as the Kansas City Star often renamed depending on the region as the “Star of the East”. By the 1930s and 1950s it became popular in scrap quilts, using left over seed sack fabrics with more fabrics introduced as borders and sashings. As we enter the 1970-Modern era cardboard templates cut from cereal boxes, rotary cutters, and paper-piecing revived the complex star blocks and the Carpenter Wheel became a favorite for ombre gradients, barn quilts and large wall hangings.
Tickets are 6/$5
Drawing July 25, 2026 at Maine Quilts Show
Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, ME
Need not be present to win.
Contact Barbara Wood at bacw08@gmail.comfor additional tickets.