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Fontenay Quilt

In June, 2000, the Village of Palatine was presented with a quilt made by quilters of Fontenay-le-Comte. The quilt depicts:

• the Église Notre-Dame
• the galleried porches of the Place whatsis
• tiled roofs
• Vendée
• the Château de Terre-Neuve
• open fields
• the marshes of "La Venise Verte" (it gets that look from duckweed growing on the water's surface)
• the forest of Mervent
• and the sky in all kinds of weather

It looks like a painting of Jean Chevolleau, although that was not the initial aim. (see examples of his works: overview, Galerie Jean Chevolleau, Les Trotteurs, Lighthouse)

Palatine Quilt

In return, residents of Palatine created a crazy quilt to give to Fontenay-le-Comte.

The quilters of this fabulous piece of art are:

Dottie Bornarth, Paula Tironi, Vivian Maynard, Marilee Minott, Marsha Clark, Marilyn Pedersen of the Palatine Historical Society, Helen Moore, Anne Levin, Marg Duer, Susan Minott, Karen Webb. A group of quilters from Palatine’s Senior Center created the borders for this quilt.

The quilts were exchanged on March 31, 2001.

Take them home with you on our notecards!

Sister Cities Association of Palatine has notecards depicting these two fine quilts. If you'd like to get some, please call 847.963.6450 and leave your order on the voice mail. We also carry them in our booth at the Palatine French Farmers Market.

Last updated February 24, 2008

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