Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 01:55 PM
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Jim, It's beautiful!! Your wife did a great job! What a great Father's Day gift. Was that a pattern or all done my hand?
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 02:59 PM
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Jim, What a great gift. How did Joan choose which lighthouses to do? Are they all cross stitched or just the nameplate? A lot of time and love is obviously sewn into that quilt. Please tell Joan I think it is just gorgeous. Darlene
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 03:33 PM
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Jim, that quilt is just amazing. Your wife is a very talented and generous lady. What a beautiful gift to make for you. Enjoy it.
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 03:44 PM
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You must be quite a guy to deserve a gift like that, James? lol Joan is quite talented! Now we should play name the lighthouses! I'll take the first easy ones - Cape Hatteras, West Quoddy, Montauk, Cape Florida (before restoration). How am I doing?\Bob
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 04:00 PM
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Jim Johnston
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Thanks everybody. Bob,keep guessing, Sorry Cape Florida was not one of them. The Quilt was from a applique pattern called Beacons of Light, a block of the month series quilt. The designer is Mary Gay Leahy. Country Quilter in Somers, NY 344 Route 100 (914)277-4820 The name plate was X-stiched for the back. Joan also loves to X-stitch. I will have the Quilt on display at Harbour Lights Regional Event in Milwaukee. Sorry it won't be for sale. Jim
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 04:34 PM
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A very impressive piece of work. She can be very proud!!! Tim H
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 05:04 PM
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The quilt looks fantastic!JJ you`re very lucky to have Mrs.JJ.
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 05:49 PM
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Now that is a real WOW!SaintWackoPaul ' Keep the Flame
Onward to The Land of the Midnight Sun!
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 06:18 PM
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Jim... thanks so much for the great shot of the quilt. Joan must of put in many many hours on that one! Please tell her for me that the quilt is beautiful. Tim - Keeping the flame lit...
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 07:56 PM
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Absolutely Beautiful!!! ' What a talented wife you have, Jim. Thanks for sharing that nice piece of work with us.....
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 08:19 PM
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Indeed a beautiful gift Jim. Love in every stitch.
Here's my reading: Left to right, top to bottom
Pt. Arena, Cape Hatteras, Stonington Harbor St. George, Nauset Beach, Jupiter Inlet Sandy Hook, Split Rock, West Quoddy ?, Coquille River, Montauk Point
Sorry I can't identify that lower left corner one.
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 08:21 PM
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Wow Jim, it's beautiful! What a nice gift from your wonderful wife. And it even has feet! P.S. Thanks for the sticker at Rosemont. Was going to put it on my carry-on but was afraid they wouldn't let me on the plane!
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 10:26 PM
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It sure would be nice to have that kind of talent to make such a beautiful gift. I'm not sure what that bottom left one is but I bet it is a Florida light since it has the palm trees in it. Thanks for sharing it with us. Ruthie
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 10:53 PM
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My guess is Diamond Head Lighthouse in Hawaii!! http://holoholo.org/transpac/dhlight/index.html SaintWackoPaul ' Keep the Flame[This message has been edited by engbrady (edited 06-29-2000).]
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 11:05 PM
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Congratulations Jim and thanks for sharing such a beautiful labor of love from an obviously very talented lady. Joan, you did a fantastic job with this quilt. What a wonderful treasure to be enjoyed and passed down through the generations.
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/28/00 11:49 PM
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Your Father's Day Lighthouse Quilt is just wonderful. The computer at work would not open up the files with the photos so I had to wait until I got home. I am really envious..that applique quilt takes much love in every stitch. Congrats ! Derith
Could the lighthouse in???be Diamond Head?
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/29/00 12:11 AM
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WOW! It is gorgeous! A beautiful piece of artwork! The colors are wonderful! How many stitches do you think went into this quilt? Remember every stitch was made with love. What a great gift! I look forward to seeing this in person at the Milwaukee Regional. [This message has been edited by Suzanne Murphy (edited 06-28-2000).]
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/29/00 01:00 AM
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The handmade quilt made with scenes of lighthouses is beautiful! Will Joan "take orders"? Thanks for showing this to us!! P.S. Love the feet!
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/29/00 01:36 AM
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I have seen quite a few beautiful heritage quilts out here in New England, but none as stunning as this one. Besides being a work of art, it is also a work of maritime history. A hundred years from now, it will be looked at as evidence of what we held to be important in our lives in 2000 --- our wonderful lighthouses. I am sure we all hope that these featured lights on the quilt will still be around for future generations to enjoy 100 years from now. Please pass my admiration on to your wife for creating such a wonderful memory quilt.
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/29/00 01:59 AM
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That's beautiful, JJ-with-a-"t"!
What a wonderful present. John put it best - love in every stitch. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/29/00 02:15 AM
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That is very cool! She should be proud of her talents, and could probably make a living just filling all the Wacko's orders! LOL.
John, your St. George guess is actually Erie Land Light, and Jupiter could also possibly be Ponce Inlet. Stumped on the bottom left one too, the palm trees narrow it down though. [This message has been edited by Rod Watson (edited 06-29-2000).]
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/29/00 09:59 AM
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What a fantastic gift that is Jim. Your wife did a great job on it. I'll take my stab at which lighthouses they are:
Pt. Arena, Cape Hatteras, Stonington ?, Nauset Beach, Ponce Inlet Sandy Hook, Split Rock, West Quoddy Pt. Vicente, Coquille River, Montauk Point
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/29/00 11:14 AM
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For those who haven't met the lovely quilt'er... Joan. I thought I would share this picture of Joan and Jim from the club forum and the Wind point meeting thread. They are shown here on the walkway around the lantern room at the top of Wind Point lighthouse. I suspect that those are Joan's feet peeking out under the bottom rightside of the beautiful lighthouse quilt. SaintWackoPaul ' Keep the Flame
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/29/00 03:21 PM
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I think the first one is Pigeon Point. Beautiful work - compliments to the artist!
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/29/00 04:51 PM
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Jim Johnston
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Rod Watson is right, that is Erie Land Light. Second roe, far right...Ponce De Leon, FL. The bottom row, far left was hard to see in the photo. It is.....Diamond Head, HI. The image shown was taken with my digital camera. I also persuaded the quilter to come out from behind quilt and I took another photo with my Nikonis U/W camera. With having six children, her form of relaxing is playing piano, quilting, X-stiching, baking, X-word puzzles. We've been married for 19 years now and I couldn't think of a better person to spend the rest of my life with. I love you Joan! Jim P.S. She even puts up with my lighthouse wackoness.
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/29/00 07:45 PM
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WOW. Way to Joan for making it. Congrats Jim on receiving such A GREAT gift.
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/30/00 09:59 AM
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What a beautiful quilt. What was the reasoning behind choosing the lighthouses that graced it? My sister made a quilt wall hanging for my birthday last year and I know I will treasure it always. Great Job Joan! KYKEEPER - Pat
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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06/30/00 10:54 AM
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Can't believe I got the lighthouse in ??correct before you named them all.
Thanks for naming them for us, Jim. Derith
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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07/02/00 02:04 AM
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What a great gift Jim. Joan did a wonderful job with the quilt. I'm quite sure you and your family will treasure it for years to come.
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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07/02/00 11:09 PM
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That is the most beautiful quilt, Jim!! Joan is one very talented lady - what a wonderful thing to do for you. Thanks for sharing all the photos. I sure do admire Joan's skill!
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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07/03/00 01:01 AM
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Can't believe I guessed Diamond Head correctly before you revealed the name Oh sure, you want credit for one. How about the bunch I got correct??? Just kidding.
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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07/03/00 01:42 AM
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Tres cool quilt your wife made for you there, Jim!
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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07/04/00 01:19 PM
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Only in America can there be HL wackos and only in America can a wacko be upstaged by two saints. Derith
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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07/04/00 04:35 PM
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Derith wins the test of "Forum Observation Powers". She was the first to respond about whether I had changed my guess from the incorrect Point Vicente guess, to the correct Diamond Head guess. When I emailed JJ that I changed my guess, links and picture, we thought it would be interesting to see, who would both notice it and respond first. Derith would have been awarded the first prize which was an 8 X 10 of Hatteras at sunset shot in December of 1996, but since she already has one the ruling was that no duplicate prizes would be awarded and instead she got a hearty Congratulations! SaintWackoPaul ' Keep the Flame
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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07/04/00 07:07 PM
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Paul has a new name "Stinker Saint". But, I will accept the congratulations.....It was fun guessing the lights on the quilt and I still say Jim is a blessed husband to have a wife willing to spend all those hours on the quilt. Thanks to Paul and Jim for letting us see the quilter, herself. Will she take orders? Derith
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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07/04/00 08:22 PM
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OK Derith, how about a matching 8 X 10 of Hatteras shot the next morning at dawn on December 10, 1996, will that do as a consolation prize? Can I lose the stinker then and go back to being just plain old Saint WackoPaul? SaintWackoPaul ' Keep the Flame
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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07/04/00 10:34 PM
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I'll give it my best consideration and let you know what I have decided.....
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Re: Lighthouse quilt
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07/05/00 03:14 PM
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I have a nice matted 5 x 7 of none other than Pottawatomie Lighthouse. That would make as a nice prize. Best of all, that's our clubs adopted lighthouse.
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