Decorating The Barracks - Part 3: Banners, THE Quilt, a Polar Bear & a Palm Tree

I've covered the decorating of The Barracks on the outside

in the previous two posts.

We made sure that both of the condos that comprised

The Barracks were appropriately decorated on the inside as well.

My friend Bonnie displayed her famous LOST quilt next to 

an Oceanic banner I shipped from home.

(photo courtesy Bonnie Green)

It was my first time seeing the quilt in person

and it is absolutely stunning. The quilt has made appearances

at several LOST events, and was signed by both

Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse at

the LOST Art Exhibit Opening

at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles

in December of 2009.

(photo courtesy Bonnie Green)

(photo courtesy Bonnie Green)

You can read more about the quilt here:

http://lostquilt.blogspot.com/

Another of the banners I shipped from home hung in

the dining room of the corner condo.

Bonnie and I posed in front of the Hanso Foundation banner

in our matching "LOST Lighthouse" shirts.

(not planned - happy coincidence)

(photo courtesy Bonnie Green)

Lottery Ticket shipped some LOST art from her home

that adorned a wall in the main living room of the corner condo.

The adjacent condo was where "the boys" bunked

and was the primary location for the LOSTie party on

Comic Con Eve.

Patrick McKinley had an impressive 

"Namaste New Recruits" banner made for the occasion.

I didn't measure it, but the banner must have spanned 

at least 10 feet.

Note: Pat was also responsible for the fantastic Dharma Comic Con

banner displayed at the EW Totally LOST panel.

 The fabulous Jo Garfein made the arrangements

and it was pinned to the dais with several of her 

jopinionated mini buttons.

(photo courtesy Chris Leaning - with blue bunny edited out)

And what would a LOSTie party be without

 a polar bear and a palm tree? 

The polar bear was a cardboard standup -

measuring about 4 1/2 feet at its tallest point.

The inflatable palm tree was about 5 1/2 feet tall.

Kudos to Paul McQue/LOST_4815162342 for inflating it 

with amazing lung capacity all by himself.

(photo courtesy Rob Perrin)

This view is looking down from main floor balcony

during the LOSTie party.

(photo courtesy Patrick McKinley)

I also shipped my LOST bus shelter poster from home

and it took up quite a bit of a wall on the bottom level of condo #2.

In this photo Jo Garfein leads the LOST trivia quiz at the party.

(photo courtesy Bonnie Green)

Posters by Zort70/Ian Knight decorated both condos.

The posters incorporated three of Ian's LOST designs, 

two of which are available on Tshirts and other 

merchandise in his CafePress store.

Even the bathrooms received a LOST-over....

(photo courtesy Rob Perrin)

oops! one of the recruits left the seat up!

I'll be posting more photos from the LOSTie party 

as I get permission from my friends. 

Some would like to remain anonymous and

I want to respect their wishes.