I did have help with half of the blocks, the quilting and the binding, but the rest is my work.

The background is actually an exact topographical map of the area between the City of Poulsbo and the Suquamish Tribal lands. I pieced the land together and did a bargelo affect and appliqued it on top of the strip-pieced water. I used Mapquest of all things, to get the topography correct. The border is based on a woven bag I saw on the Suquamish Museum website. The corner logos are from the city of Poulsbo and the museum logo. The inspiration for the blocks came from the museum website, a local Poulsbo historian, and my imagination.

Thanks for the compliments, everyone. I am pleased to share the quilt.

Museum quality wonderful work

Stunning!!! You should feel so proud of yourself, not only for the beautiful piece of artwork, but for volunteering to do something so wonderful when others hesitated.

Wow. That is a fantastic gift to the museum. Now you are a part of history!

What a spectacular quilt. The Suqamish Tribe must love having it for their museum. Thank you for sharing.

That is a wonderful gift from your heart.

What a work of art you have created for the museum!! Amazing job........ you should be very, very proud!!!

OUTSTANDING!! :thumbup: What a lot of work went into this great quilt & I can just tell that is was truly appreciated. You have done a fantastic job, thank you for your donation.
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I love the border on this, beautiful!

No one else stepped up to do it because it was meant for you. Great quilt.

Wow that is beautiful. What a great tribute to the tribe!

Just wonderful, great job and thank you for sharing
Have a Blessed day
Ellen

What a beautiful tribute! Your idea of the merging of the two cultures was just fantastic! This will now grace their walls forever!

What a wonderful thing you did by accepting this challenge and coming up with this piece of history for the Suquamish tribes musuem. I am sure they and you are very proud for it to hang in a place in the museum for all to see. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work.
Pat

Very Awesome! G

It's a beautiful quilt you've made! As a Seattlite, I recognize the images and you executed them beautifully. I applaud you for taking this on and happy the mayor thought to honor the people on whose land we now live.

You did an amazing job. What a great way to contribute to your community and share your talent.

A great piece of history and art.

Now - educate me - what are the two things in the middle - I get the fish/worship/boats/clothing - but I have no idea what they are - the lower one looks like a shoulder pad or shield to me - and I'm about 99% sure that is NOT what it is!

What a fantastic quilt! You nailed it! A Wonderful treasure!

WOW, you did a fabulous job. You can tell you put a lot of design thought into it and it paid off.

Love the quilt
I have been in that area and I love it there.
J J

That is sew cool. Good job on your creation.

Oh my stars, it is absolutely gorgeous! What an honor and fantastic job you did! Congratulations!

You did a phenomenal job! In only 2 1/2 months to boot!

My daughter lives in Pousbo. I look forward to seeing your beautiful quilt in a future visit. Thank you for promoting good will !!

WOW!!! What a fabulous quilt! Congratulations!

What an awesome quilt! Kudos to you. What a wonderful gift!

wow what a fantastic quilt great job

What a wonderful quilt-full of history.

What a treasure that will be in the museum. Thanks for sharing.

Great job!!!

The symbolism will mean a lot.

What an honor, you did a beautiful quilt that many generations will enjoy, congratulations.

It is a beautiful piece of art. What an honor to have your work hang in the museum.

Very impressive, congratulations on a superb project!!

A lot of people didn't recognize them. The top brown one represents a cedar bark hat. The shape is very common to the tribe. I saw several of them worn at the dedication ceremony.

Concurrently, the other one is a Viking helmet. I was told by a local who runs a Nordic Gift Shop in Poulsbo - they DID NOT HAVE HORNS as commonly depicted. She showed me several historical books that showed the viking rulers wore helmets without the horns.

I used raffia for the cedar bark hat and wove it into the shape. I used silk dupioni for the viking helmet and decorative stitching, then stuffed it a bit to give it some shape.

How wonderful! I'd say you accomplished the task with great talent. And I'd guess that this gorgeous quilt will be around for many many generations to come. Congratulations!

very creative,you did a terrific job

Awesome quilt! It was so nice of you to "step up" and commit to doing it!
God bless you! :)

UPDATE!!!! My commissioned quilt "The Poulsbo Quilt" is now on permanent display in the foyer of the Suquamish Museum!!! For those of you who live in Kitsap/Pierce/King/Snohomish Counties in Western Washington, this is a must see museum! The Suquamish Tribe did a beautiful job of displaying the artifacts of their culture. I am so proud to have some of my own artwork hanging in a museum!