Celebrity Cruises Quilt Series Number 1

Presented to Captain Zissi Koskinas

on board the S/S Meridian (docked in Philadelphia), June 9, 1996

Desigh Features (from the top)

Galaxy and Mercury

Meridian (silhouette is twice the scale of the other ships)

Century

The Azur and the Victoria

Celebrity Cruises Logo

This quilt celebrates the first Celebrity Ship Master to allow us on board as visitors to

his ship on a regular basis, which Captain Koskinas was gracious enough to invite us to

do in 1995. The Captain wanted only the ships which he has been Master of on his quilt--

not the ships on which he had served in other capacities. Note that all of the ships are

depicted with their complete hulls (a series feature now discontinued). All of the embroidery

is executed in standard crocheting thread (now modified to knitting yarn), which caused this

quilt to take almost 10 months to prepare. Captain Koskinas is now married (as of December

1998), so his wife's name will need to be added to the quilt and/or on a pillow case which he

can then display together with the quilt.