New Nautical quilt patterns available! The Seahorse quilt pattern is one of seven designs that are perfect to incorporate into your Summer quilt projects!
When I was in Seattle earlier this month, I went down to Pike Place Markets on my only day off. Not for the fish throwing (been there, seen that…) or the Chukar Cherries (though I made sure I…
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Hi - yes, it's time for another installment in the Seashore Splendor saga! I'll be giving you all a bit of a workout this time around - we will be making three 12 1/2 blocks and four 6 1/2 inch filler units. You'll see when you do the cutting, that there is a good reason for this as it makes the best use of fabric, plus it's going to add a great motion to our finished quilt! Actually, this block goes faster than you imagine, and it pushes our progress on this project along nicely. You need four fabrics for this set of blocks - light, medium and dark sea and sky. You will need nearly a fat quarter size of each one, I had to go back to my stash and replace my light sea fabric because it wasn't enough to cut all the pieces I needed for the blocks. The cutting goes quickly, after you get the fabrics all cut to the needed sizes, divide them into four sets of four color. I recommend making all your blocks at one time, chain piecing as you go. You start with a four patch - take care to arrange them in the proper order! Then we start adding triangle units, starting with the smallest. It doesn't matter what order you sew them in, but make sure you sew them in the right orientation - for me it helps to remember to sew the triangle that matches the color on the top right of the square for the first round. Then turn the block and keep adding triangles until you get the first round done. Then trim up those dog ears and you are ready for the next round of triangles. Make sure you center the triangles as you add them. For this round you are sewing bias edges, so don't pull and stretch too much as you sew. When you finish the second round of triangles, pull one of the blocks out for a filler block. Continue adding the next set of triangles to the remaining three blocks. Sew the four triangles leftover together to make a quarter square triangle block - the second filler block. And now we just have one more round of triangles to add to our blocks and they will be finished! Sew the leftover four triangles into pairs: And admire your finished blocks! Here is the whole set on the design wall! If you want to, you can get a start on assembling the pieces and sew the quarter square triangle and half square triangle to the left side of a Snail's Trail block. Here is the progress so far: Aren't those Snail's Trail blocks fabulous? They look like waves, I think! I am getting more excited with every installment seeing how this is coming together. There are some really fun blocks ahead, too - I can hardly wait! Download the pattern by clicking the link below: Download Pattern Here *there was a small error in the original instructions which has been corrected. I had stated to cut a 4 1/4 inch triangle, and that should have been 4 1/4 inch square - sorry for the confusion! Come back in two weeks for the next block! Sign up for my newsletter and don't miss any!
Who doesn’t love a cute sea turtle?! This is my latest pattern, Tully The Turtle.It makes a super cute baby quilt or wall hanging! I’ve been working on this design since late Spring, and I'm so excited to finally be unveiling it :)I don’t know if I’ve ever shown you guys how these ideas start. Here is a pic of my sketchbook after my first attempt at doodling out my idea. You can see how things evolved… Suddenly a pink and orange turtle shell was the only thing that made sense! Haha! Green just l
I am back on track now, and am excited to present two blocks for this week! They are very similar blocks, so it makes sense to do them together - I call them Sole and Flounder. They are both set on point and go together quickly. You'll be using your medium Sea blue fabric for both - if you are using the same background for both blocks, save your extra triangle from Sole and use them for the Flounder block. Pick a green for Sole and red for Flounder. First is Sole. The measurements are a little tricky because you have to use 1/8 inch increments, but most rulers do have these, so you'll be ok! If not, just remember that 1/8 is half of a fourth - so not really that hard to deal with. I just had to use the fun green fabric for the fish - isn't it fun when the fabric just grabs you and says, "pick me"? Finger press the center of the side of your block and the setting triangle to get them matched up perfectly. Press the two opposite sides out, then add the remaining triangles to complete your block. Flounder is just a little different, we are adding some triangle fins and squares instead of the side rectangles. Pay attention when sewing those units together, and this block goes together exactly the same way. Here are my two blocks finished: Hope you have fun making these blocks, too! Click the link below to pick up your free pattern: Fish on Point Here's the progress we've made on the quilt so far - I think it's fun to see the empty spaces starting to fill in - I'm enjoying seeing your pictures on Instagram and Facebook! Keep up the good work! As always, no rush - and the blocks are still available to download in my Payhip store - look in the Seashore Splendor Collection to find any you missed. Thanks for sewing along with me! Have a wonderful day!
This week, we're going positively aquatic! Today's quilts will make you feel that you can dive right in to the underwater scenery. The quilt...
Quilt called "Water". My own design, inspired by the Pacific Ocean, near Big Sur, CA.
There are lots of categories at the Festival of Quilts - 'My first Quilt' to Pictorial & Art quilts - share my favourite Traditional Quilts.
We have a huge stash of free patterns in our Free Quilt Inspiration archive and we are excited to share them with you. To go to the orig...
This is the biggest applique quilt project I have ever done in my life. Ever. The quilt itself is only the size of a large wall-hanging (50″ by 40″ if I remember correctly), but the amo…
I decided to share another of my beach scene quilts, since I've just finished this one, and they're becoming a bit of a trademark for me. I designed this quilt at the same time as 'Through the Arched Window', when I was playing with variations on my beach scene designs, looking for a suitable one to turn into the pattern. I have now made five of these (click on the links to see them: Seaside, Breakfast on the Beach, Footsteps, Through the Arched Window and this one) since my first Beach quilt which was made using 2in squares and some small foundation-pieced sections. I find good sand fabrics hardest to come by, and deliberately designed this quilt without a beach section. I off-set the rising sun, and marked portions of the water foundations where I wanted lighter fabrics, to represent the sun reflecting on the water. In hindsight, I didn't pull this off too well (I needed more fabrics, narrower and more horizontal strips, and more contrast to achieve the look I wanted) but managed to give some of the effect with the quilting - this area of the water was quilted with yellow thread, in wavy lines ending on points while the rest of the water was quilted with blue and aqua threads, in curvy lines and swirls. I think I've said it before, but these quilts get easier and easier as my collection of fabrics grows! And because I only use small pieces from each fabric, I know there are plenty more in my future; it's just a case of coming up with new designs. I had some difficulty with thread breakages while quilting this quilt, and I think it was due to the fairly tough backing fabric - another lesson learned! Eventually I solved it by going up a needle size, from an 80/12 topstitch, to a 90/14, even though my thread choices wouldn't normally warrant this. Everything worked fine on my scrap sandwich with the other needle, and the only difference was the backing fabric on that - a piece of regular white cotton. The backing for this quilt is proper quiltbacking, and is the perfect colour/design for my beach scene quilts, but isn't quite as fine as it should be, and is quite stiff. I quilted the sky in a cloud pattern using some super-fine (100wt) Wonderfil thread I bought at AMQF. It's a little darker than I had really wanted, but is beautifully fine. I did have breakage issues with it, too, but I will blame the backing rather than the thread for now. I really didn't want to go with an even bigger needle for that; on most things I would have used a 60 or 70 needle with such fine thread, and the 80 was leaving big enough holes already! My new challenge is a variation on the theme. I have always loved snow and snowflakes (funnily enough, I don't actually like the beach!), and have a substantial collection of snowflake prints. Now I have started collecting snowy scenes etc, with the plan of making some snow-scene quilts. Thank you for visiting! I will try to respond to all the comments I receive, and to visit all of your blogs in return. For those of you who are new to my blog, I also do traditional piecing - but usually with a bit of a twist, applique, and am exploring wholecloth quilts. I hope you'll come back and have a look around - when you've got some time! The lists of my recent quilts by year on the right are actually links; just click on any to go directly to the main post about that quilt. Now go and check out the rest of the fesitval entries:
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Preppy the Whale quilt by Emily of Quilty Love. Whale quilt pattern by Elizabeth Hartman. Scrappy stash friendly whale quilt.
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Learn how to make a storm at sea quilt block using the AccuQuilt Go! cube and their triangle in a square die. It's easier than you think!
This is what I sent to Floss in Canada . This little ornament was fun to make although I did find it a little challenging as I have not work...
Machen Sie mit diesem Muster namens SANDY eine einfache Schildkröten-Applikationsdecke! SANDY ist ein Quiltmuster mit Meeresschildkröten-Applikation, das BEIDE schöne Seiten eines Hauptstoffs verwendet! Machen Sie Ihren Schildkrötenpanzer und die Bindung mit der RECHTEN Seite; Verwenden Sie die RÜCKWÄRTSRICHTUNG für Kopf, Beine und Schwanz! Platzieren Sie die Schildkröten-Applikation auf einem lustigen und schäbigen Hintergrund! Dieses Steppmuster mit Schildkröten-Applikation ist einfach und schnell herzustellen und eignet sich hervorragend als Geschenk oder als Dekoration für Ihr Strandhaus! Die hier gezeigte SANDY-Schildkrötendecke besteht aus zwei verschiedenen Sätzen Fokus- und Hintergrundstoffen! Der NEUE Tropical Fiesta Focus von Karla Kiefner, gedruckt auf Spoonflowers Bio-Baumwollsatin, zeigt niedliche Fischgräten, tropische Blüten und Seesterne auf Streifen. Sehen Sie sich Karlas gesamte „Tropical Fiesta“-Kollektion unter https://www.Spoonflower.com/profiles/creativebeestudios an. Das andere besteht aus beiden schönen Seiten eines Kaffe Fassett-Bordürenstoffs aus den vergangenen Jahren. Es gibt VIELE Fokusstoffe auf dem Markt, aus denen man fantastische Meeresschildkröten machen könnte! Denken Sie an tropische Blumen oder auch an maritime Motive für Kinder! Tauchen Sie auf YouTube in die Details von SANDY, der Meeresschildkröte, ein und ABONNIEREN Sie! youtube.com/channel/UCHygpZUUQx9SOgG0TOV5I7g Es ist SANDIG am Strand! ;) *Vollständige, detaillierte Anleitung. *Leitfaden für das Vorsprechen und Auswählen von Fokus- und Hintergrundstoffen. *Entdecken Sie die wertvollen Nuancen, während Sie lernen, wie Sie BEIDE Stoffseiten für diese Steppdecke vorspielen. *Vollformatige Papiervorlage. *Bonus: Prairie Point-Hängemethode inklusive. Dieser gesteppte Wandbehang besteht aus schmelzbaren Applikationen. Die Kanten der Applikation werden in der Steppphase gesichert. Die fertige Größe beträgt 36 x 36 Zoll. FANGEN Sie The BUZZ noch heute auf creativebeestudios.com! Die Muster von Creative Bee Studios wurden im Quiltmaker Magazine, AQ Magazine, Nancy's Notions, Hancock's of Paducah, Connecting Threads und Quilt-Läden in ganz Amerika vorgestellt! Suchen Sie nach #usebothsides, um weitere Quilts zu sehen, die von anderen Quiltern mit diesen Mustern hergestellt wurden! Bitte beachten Sie: Ich bearbeite physische Bestellungen aus meinem Studio (Muster, Stoffsets usw.) innerhalb von ein bis zwei Werktagen (normalerweise am selben Tag) über USPS. So sehr ich es auch möchte, es übersteigt meine Fähigkeit, eine Lieferung am selben Tag zu gewährleisten, wie es oft in den Lieferschätzungen von Etsy angegeben ist. SANDY©2018 Creative Bee Studios Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Erfahre mehr über diesen Artikel
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Here are some charming free patterns for sailboats, nautical flags and anchor quilts. To go to a pattern : Scroll down the page until you s...
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