KELSEYVILLE — Three new additions to the Lake County Quilt Trail (LCQT) were added to locations in Kelseyville and Lakeport. Each quilt block is 4 feet by 4 feet in size.
Summer Winds
Summer Winds can be seen on the 90-year-old structure at 4135 Main St. in Kelseyville, home for decades to many families. In 1985, Dr. Kirk and Quincy Andrus purchased the property and have continuously used the 1,700-square-foot facility as medical offices.
Quincy said, “This community has been our home for 33 years. We raised our family here and established ourselves professionally. The LCQT is another way for our family to participate and support a fun community-project.”
Quincy chose the green and blue colors to represent the renewal of spring and the blue skies of Lake County.
Birds Nest
Birds Nest is displayed at 3925 Main St. in Kelseyville. Built in 1937, the building has been used as a variety/dime store, an annex to the corner bank and at least two quilt shops.
Sisters Tina and Robin Kingsley recently opened the storefront as a retail shop for their online business, www.birdbraindesigns.net. Bird Brain Designs is a working studio that creates stitchery patterns sold in kits.
Visitors are making pilgrimages to visit the store and looking to discover treasures of the LCQT. The owners chose Birds Nest because they felt the store has created a nice nest right on Main Street.
Courthouse Steps
Courthouse Steps is a geometric quilt block design located facing south on the historic Lunas Building, 306 N. Main St. in Lakeport.
Courthouse Steps was selected by longtime Lakeport resident, Darlene Jane Lunas. The gold and yellow represent the sunshine of Lake County and the blue colors represent Clear Lake, the largest natural lake in California.
The building is owned by Lunas and Bill Feeney. For the last 25 years Lunas” son, Michael Lunas, has used the building as his law office. The building is only one block away from the Lake County Courthouse.
Other LCQT installations along Main Street are LeMoyne Star, 401 N. Main; Three Cheers, 275 S. Main, on the Soper Reese Community Theatre; Double Wedding Ring, 675 N. Main on the Lakeport English Inn Bed and Breakfast, and just off Main Street is County Fair, 401 Martin on the Phil Lewis Hall at the Lake County Fairgrounds.
Phase III of LCQT will be completed by the end of fall. Each one is unique and meaningful to the donors, building owners, as well as the all-volunteer team that created them.
For more information, go to www.lakecountyquilttrail.com or look for the Lake County Quilt Trail on Facebook.
Vicky Parish Smith is in charge of media relations for the Lake County Quilt Trail.
