Canvas for Teal

Here are pictures of Donna, Skookum Canvas working on our Teal.




Everyone is Sitka knows Donna and her excellent work. She delivered our cushions last week and we smile every time we sit. And I have to tell you.... the cushions in the V-Berth were originals with the boat.... circa 1968. Sooo for me having a nice new twin-sized bed to sleep in is awesome. George did the designing and Donna did the rest.









Here they are collaborating on the pram hood over the companionway. George had built a great dodger that kept rain and heavy seas from leaking in around the hatch.
But he has improved on the design and Donna is building us a new one that will give us even more visibility when we are underway.




She is painstaking with her patterning and that is probably why she get such good fit with the final product.








Here she is doing the fitting of the side curtains, which zip in and out as do the front curtains which are yet to be delivered in their final state. We will now just laugh at the waves breaking against those windows. We expect this will keep us much warmer also.


Her workers are Joanna and Bridgette, who do most of the sewing. Bridgette is the wife of Ted who we met at Baranof Warm Springs working on the steps to their new cabin.

Joanna works at the library, as well as at Skookum, but hasn't been here on the days we have been coming. We look forward to meeting the women behind the sewing machines....

We have become very fond of Donna and we enjoy her visits.

Thanx Donna for the excellent work you are doing for us.

luv/jo
(& the captain says hi)
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