Thread: Looking for a quilt panel of the Portland Head Light

Originally Posted by Roberta

I know it's a long shot but I'm trying to see if there's a panel out there in cyberspace that features the Portland Head lighthouse?

My BIL was stationed at a lighthouse during his stint in the Coast Guard but now is in a nursing home along with my sister. My sister has some momento's from her home over her bed but BIL has a blank wall and I thought I'd try and make a quilted panel to hang in the space.

Any lead where I might find this?

I would google Maine quilt shops and then call and ask one of them if they've ever seen such a thing as they're most likely to carry it.

I realize Portland Head is 'your' lighthouse (Nauset is 'mine'), but if you'd settle for another, there are some panels by VIP for sale at Favorite Fabrics http://www.favoritefabric.com/cgi/co...on&key=VPSHPNL and some by Classic Cottons at Craft Town Fabrics (they also have a kit) http://www.crafttownfabrics.net/cgi-..._lghts_60200-2 .

There is a PHL quilt block - 6" paper pieced pattern that you could enlarge
http://www.equiltpatterns.com/quiltp...roducts_id=721
A book titled Quilting Lighthouses of New England that is out of print, but maybe your library could find it.
http://softexpressions.com/software/books/LightHou.php
And a 12" block pattern of PHL that has much more detail than the first one. You could enlarge this one and it would be perfect.
http://www.thequiltingbear.com/products.htm

Hope one of those links proves useful.

I just googled images of it. It's a beautiful lighthouse. Could you print out a picture, blow it up to the size you wanted, and make a fusible applique of it. It would be a fun landscape project, if you've never done one before. With the perfect sky, and the rocky coastline. Oh my. I might could tackle that one for me it's so pretty. Good luck.

Originally Posted by Roberta

I know it's a long shot but I'm trying to see if there's a panel out there in cyberspace that features the Portland Head lighthouse?

My BIL was stationed at a lighthouse during his stint in the Coast Guard but now is in a nursing home along with my sister. My sister has some momento's from her home over her bed but BIL has a blank wall and I thought I'd try and make a quilted panel to hang in the space.

Any lead where I might find this?

this may be more work that you're interested in, but what about blowing up a pic of the lighthouse, mark the outlines the best you can and then paper piecing a lighthouse?

The lighthouse has some fantastic pics on the net. Beautiful.

A photo on fabric would be fantastic.