This is the quilt my wife Joan has been working on for the past year. She finished it just in time for Fathers Day. [img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=271820&a=2021618&p=23422105[/img] I wanted to share it with all of you on the Forum. Harbour Lights has done all of the ones on the quilt execpt for Erie, PA land light. [img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=271820&a=2021618&p=23421979[/img]

[This message has been edited by Jim Johnston (edited 06-28-2000).]

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?

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

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.

Joanne

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

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

A very impressive piece of work.
She can be very proud!!!

Tim H

The quilt looks fantastic!JJ you`re very lucky to have Mrs.JJ.

TerryBarfield

Now that is a real

WOW!

SaintWackoPaul '
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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...

Absolutely Beautiful!!! ' What a talented wife you have, Jim. Thanks for sharing that nice piece of work with us.....

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.

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!

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

My guess is Diamond Head Lighthouse in Hawaii!!


http://holoholo.org/transpac/dhlight/index.html

SaintWackoPaul '
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[This message has been edited by engbrady (edited 06-29-2000).]

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.

Ron
(CT Keeper)

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?




[This message has been edited by Nana (edited 07-04-2000).]

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).]

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!

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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ladylightkeeper

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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-Art

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).]

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

John

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 '
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I think the first one is Pigeon Point. Beautiful work - compliments to the artist!

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.

WOW. Way to Joan for making it. Congrats Jim on receiving such A
GREAT gift.

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Randall Ronne

[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/view?u=271820&a=2021618&p=23524099[/img]

Here are Joan's feet, with the rest of her attached. She would like to thank everyone for the kind words about her quilt.
KeeperJJ & JJ

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

Can't believe I got the lighthouse in ??correct before you named them all.

Thanks for naming them for us, Jim.
Derith



[This message has been edited by Nana (edited 07-04-2000).]

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.

Dave

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!

Barb

Oh sure, you want credit for one. How about the bunch I got correct???

Just kidding.

Tres cool quilt your wife made for you there, Jim!

Only in America can there be HL wackos and only in America can a wacko be upstaged by two saints.
Derith



[This message has been edited by Nana (edited 07-04-2000).]

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 '
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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

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 '
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I'll give it my best consideration and let you know what I have decided.....

Derith

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.