PosyP wrote:
http://www.fabrictherapyonline.com/products/515326-grape-arbor-harp

I was going to suggest this one too. I saw this quilt in person. It is beautiful!

PosyP wrote:
Thank you; very good idea. I found some images of Welsh harps yesterday and traced one but it was somehow too dimensional compared to the shapes I wanted to combine it with if you see what I mean which was why I thought I'd see if I could find a block that showed how it was treated by professionals. I also looked at clipart but somehow or another harps do not seem very popular with clipart artists. I did find a redwork harp after reading your post this morning and I think I could possibly make that more 2-dimensional like the other shapes. I am determined to have this harp in my quilt so I will just keep working at it.

Marianne

How about drawing up the first harp to size (or try googling floor harps for alternative images), then putting a piece of tracing paper over it start adding lots of flowers from other blocks. That way if you don't like them, all you have to do is remove the first sheet of tracing paper, replace it and try again.

PosyP wrote:
Ahhh, that's not fair is it?

Thanks for the links. I had found the first one (what an amazing and jaw-dropping quilt ) but I never thought to look at embroidery designs and who would have thought that Sunbonnet Sue had so many strings to her bow ( )

Thank you again for taking time to search around. I will do some more digging on embroidery sites - tried Pinterest but although there are many photos of older quilts that have harp blocks none are easy to see and get ideas from. I'm in the process of trawling Sue Garman's blog for pictures but that will take me months rather than hours and patience is not my strong point.

Marianne

'I took my harp to the party, but no one asked me to play'

did a quick google images check of Baltimore Album Quilts with harps and found these - any use to you?
http://fabrictherapy.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/baltimore-rhapsody-block-18-harp.html
http://www.emblibrary.com/EL/Products.aspx?Catalog=Emblibrary&ProductID=U1154
http://quiltinspiration.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/sunbonnet-sue-joins-foreign-service.html

I need one - a harp block pattern that is. Does anybody know of a free pattern for a block that includes a harp? A proper one that is - not one of those wish-bone shaped ones but one that looks like a floor version. That is the harp not the block btw. One of those we have always feared one of our children would choose as an instrument to learn because let's face it you would not just need the instrument you would also need a new car to transport it as well as a new house to house it and a gym membership to build up the muscles to carry it around for dear ........
If anybody has any ideas it would be much appreciated. TIA

Marianne