LAKEPORT, Calif. – “Sail Away,” the 45th quilt block on the Lake County Quilt Trail, has been Installed at 1860 High St. in Lakeport.

Mike Borg is sponsor of the “Sail Away” quilt block and owner of the building on which it is installed.

Borg feels this pattern of a sailboat with a mountain and valley border is very appropriate since the site is on the shore of Clear Lake looking out onto Mt. Konocti.

The mountain and valley pattern mimics the mountains and valleys surrounding our beautiful lake.

Back in the 1940s this building housed the woodshop of the nearby Clear Lake High School.

The Hospice of Lake County currently occupies this building. Grief counseling is part of the use of this site. The sail boat is used in many traditions to symbolize the “passing” from our earthly
life to the ethereal spirit life.

The GPS location of “Sail Away” is Latitude: 39.054, Longitude: -122.916.

The quilt block was drawn and painted by the Lake County Quilt Trail team, a group of dedicated quilters, graphic artists, painters, writers, carpenters and a videographer.

Also, this week “Blazing Star” moved to the 3600 block of Main Street in downtown Kelseyville from its original 2010 location at Big Oak Ranch on Gaddy Lane.

Owners of the building and the 8-foot by 8-foot “Blazing Star” are Brian Fisher and JB Ballesteros.

The Lake County Quilt Trail is an agricultural and tourism project designed to promote community pride.

For more information about the Lake County Quilt Trail visit www.lakecountyquilttrail.com or go to the quilt trail’s Facebook page.