Thanks for the link some really nice patterns there :thumbup:

I had the same problem last year when I was doing a row robin in my quilt guild and the person wanted nautical. My solution was to print up pictures of a few different lighthouses and make paper piecing patterns of my own. I don't like applique. It's a matter of figuring out the straight lines and where the pattern needs to break off. The lighthouses turned out great.

try to find a paper piecing lighthouse pattern, paper piecing is fun