Special 100th anniversary commemorative quilt unveiled
Young girls, mothers and grandmothers took part in the project
Scenes from years gone by to present day are featured on the Clark’s Harbour 100th anniversary quilt.
the project after the town put out a call for someone to make a quilt depicting the history of the town for the centennial celebration. Young girls, mothers and grandmothers took part in the project.
“A couple of weeks in, we started looking around and realized every one of these girls working on the quilt were born and raised in Clark’s Harbour,” says Nickerson, “so we called ourselves the Clark’s Harbour girls. It was a fun project.”
The group started the project last summer. Using the String of Lights quilt pattern, the quilt features 93 photographs of the town, done by iron-on transfer.
“It took them a couple of months to cut out and sew all the pieces together while I worked on the transfers,” says Nickerson. “Maxine (Shand) came up every Wednesday afternoon for two months so we could go through photos I had on my computer and decided which pictures to use. She was such a help…she knows the town so well.”
The group named the quilt ‘A Walk Through Town.’ The pictorial journey starts at the West Head lighthouse and ends with the Cape Light with numerous scenes from over the years depicted on the quilt squares.
“We tried to tell the town’s story,” says Nickerson.
The Town of Clark’s Harbour was incorporated on March 4, 1919. To celebrate the 100th anniversary there will be special events taking place throughout 2019, starting with the first-ever New Year’s levee on Jan. 1 at the Clark’s Harbour Legion from 2 to 4 p.m.
A 100th anniversary dinner on March 4, a centennial tree planting in May, performances by the Lighthouse Players in the summer, a school reunion, trips to the Cape and a performance by the Nova Scotia Mass Choir at the Stone Church are just some of the events that are planned.