Whether you own a beach house or not, seaside decor is a great theme to incorporate into your home. These free beach-y quilt patterns and tutorials will help freshen up your space even if you simply use them for the summer season. From anchors to seahorses, you’ll be dreaming of the seaside in no time. […]

Create a whimsical seaside quilt with this 'Crab and Stars' digital embroidery file, featuring charming crabs and stars for a coastal-inspired touch. This design is available in the following formats: — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — DST - Tajima EXP - Bernina HUS - Husqvarna/Viking JEF - Janome/Elna/Kenmore PES - Deco/Brother/Babylock SEW - Kenmore VP3 - Husqvarna/Viking/Pfaff XXX - Singer EMB - Wilcom PCS - Pfaff Creative JPEG - Hand Quilting (by request) This design comes in 20 sizes: — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — W2,0 x H2,0 inch / 695 Stitches W2,5 x H2,5 inch / 811 Stitches W3,0 x H3,0 inch / 911 Stitches W3,5 x H3,5 inch / 1,020 Stitches W4,0 x H4,0 inch / 1,095 Stitches W4,5 x H4,5 inch / 1,181 Stitches W5,0 x H5,0 inch / 1,265 Stitches W5,5 x H5,5 inch / 1,349 Stitches W6,0 x H6,0 inch / 1,432 Stitches W6,5 x H6,5 inch / 1,497 Stitches W7,0 x H7,0 inch / 1,566 Stitches W7,5 x H7,5 inch / 1,630 Stitches W8,0 x H8,0 inch / 1,698 Stitches W8,5 x H8,5 inch / 1,771 Stitches W9,0 x H9,0 inch / 1,839 Stitches W9,5 x H9,5 inch / 1,902 Stitches W10,0 x H10,0 inch / 1,951 Stitches W10,5 x H10,5 inch / 2,037 Stitches W11,0 x H11,0 inch / 2,105 Stitches W11,5 x H11,5 inch / 2,177 Stitches Just a heads up – Super important! — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Double-check that the listing description matches the machine format your embroidery machine can read. Don't hesitate to shoot over any questions for clarity before making your purchase. I've tested my designs to make sure you're getting the best results possible. Make your IDEA DESIGN come true! — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — I’m excited to announce that I now offer custom embroidery digitizing services! If you have a unique design or logo that you would like to turn into an embroidery pattern, I would be delighted to help. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1738349057/custom-embroidery-digitizing Please feel free to send me your design details, and we can discuss your project further. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Feel free to embroider and sell physical goods using my designs, but please refrain from selling, sharing, copying, or altering the embroidery design itself. Before stitching them onto your final item, make sure to test stitch the design or parts of it. Results can vary depending on the fabric and stabilizer combinations, so it's always good to give it a trial run. Copyright by Made by Yustin — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Happy crafting, Happy stitching!

BLOCK SIZE: 12" and 6" square (excluding seam allowances) TECHNIQUE: machine piecing using squares and rectangles. The pattern contains instructions for cutting out the pieces using a rotary cutter and quilting ruler and does not contain actual size templates. This pattern contains some small pieces, the smallest of which is 1.5" square. As with all patchwork, for best results, cut and piece accurately. DESCRIPTION: This charming anchor block is quick and easy to sew. It is part of a nautical themed range of patterns which includes a crab, lighthouse, boat, fish and seagull. Mix and match the blocks to create mug rugs, table runners, wall hangings or even a full size quilt. On ordering you will receive a seven page pdf anchor quilt block pattern with detailed instructions, illustrated where necessary. The pattern includes requirements, cutting chart giving measurements for a 12" and 6" block, detailed step-by-step instructions and a large, coloured diagram to visually illustrate how the block is constructed. All Sandra Healy Designs patterns are tested before release so you can buy with confidence. If you like this block, also check out the other blocks in the nautical range - a crab, seahorse, lighthouse, seagull, fish, whale, lifebuoy, beach hut and boat. Check out the three piece, six piece and nine piece nautical pattern bundles available now in my shop. To see the full range of my designs, visit www.sandrahealydesigns.com or pop over to say hi on www.facebook.com/SandraHealyDesigns or www.instagram.com/SandraHealyDesigns Pattern purchasers may sew finished items using this pattern for both personal use and small-scale commercial sales but please give pattern design credit to Sandra Healy Designs. Anchor quilt pattern and all graphics and text ©SandraHealyDesigns 2021. No copying, resale or distribution of the pattern document or any of its components without explicit permission whether or not you benefit from it financially.

I'm doing a happy dance today because after two three (!) years, I have a finish: My Lake Michigan Quilt, or as we say in all of our state's ads about things we like, MI Lake Michigan Quilt. I was under the MIstaken (get it?) impression that it took me two years until I looked up my old posts this week and found out that I started it in MId-October 2015. It's as old as one of MI grandsons. I won't put all the links in here of posts along the way, but if you'd like to read them, click on the Lake Michigan quilt label on the right side bar or at the bottom of this post. I followed the techniques of Karen Eckmeier for making Accidental Landscapes. I've made tiny ones in the past, like this ornament for my daughter and son-in-law. It's maybe about 3 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches. But when my daughter (MI daughter? Ok, I'll quit now) mentioned that she wanted a wall quilt for her office, I decided to supersize the technique. The new quilt is 30 by 42 inches. Nearly all the fabrics are scraps. I did buy a piece of Grunge for the back, appropriately when I was on vacation near Lake Michigan. The batting is a leftover piece of Quilter's Dream Cotton Select. There's no reason that this quilt should have taken as long as it did. It wasn't difficult. Most of the delay was lack of confidence. I built the layers slowly in between other projects. I'd put some strips up on the wall and spend a few days months letting them percolate (marinate? stew?), and then I'd sew them down. I started with the water. After doing a bit of sand, I built the sky up toward the top. Most of the sky is pieced with regular seams rather than layered. Then I layered the foreground, slowly, slowly. I like the bits of embroidery that add detail and depth on Accidental Landscapes. I thought it would be a simple task. But I hadn't thought of it that a quilt this size would need larger scale embroidery to be proportionate. That stymied me. Before starting the embroidery I quilted the project with my walking foot. To plan the placement of the beach grass I laid paper strips on the quilt and took a photo to refer to as I stitched. I started with a few stems of grass and then gradually built them up until I was satisfied. I used 4 strands of floss for the longest stems, and reduced the bulk to 3 or 2 strands for smaller stems or those closer to the water. I used a modified stem stitch, bringing the needle up closer to the starting point than is common, to make the stitch as thick as possible. I took the quilt with me on several road trips. It was an easy take-along project. A few weeks ago, when I was Gramma nesting while waiting for our new grandson, I suddenly realized that I was almost done. It was a perfect project to work on at a time when I didn't want to start a new mess. In just a couple of days, I completed the stitching, or at least stopped myself from getting carried away with it. After we arrived home from cuddling our little grandson (and his big brother who was born right after I started the quilt!), I chose a sandy colored fabric from my stash for the binding. I took it out for a photo shoot on our garage. I thought I was truly finished, but then I remembered that I have a wonderful supply of ceramic buttons (by artist Sandra Lance--you can find her work under images online, but I think she has suspended her business for now) that I like to use on art quilts. I found two that looked good among the dunes. (I usually try to use three, but these looked the best.) Closer And closer So now it is truly done. This quilt will be living at my daughter and son-in-law's house. As I said earlier, it was meant for my daughter's office, but by now she has found something else to fill the space there, and I know her family will enjoy it at home. (And I can visit it, too.) I was almost hoping she didn't want it anymore, but hey, now that I know I can do this, I could make another one for me in less than three years! Maybe in solids? The best thing I learned from making this quilt is that the technique does work for large scale quilts. Really, all that is needed is a good supply of fabrics to choose from. The embroidery is fun and works very well after quilting, even with building up fairly dense stitches. Let's look at that finish one more time! I'm linking up today with crazy mom quilts for Finish it up Friday and Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop. Happy Quilting and Happy Finishing! And if you live anywhere within driving distance of Lake Michigan, Yea for MI Lake MI!

Here it is- the selvage quilt that didn't make a dent in my collection of selvages! This is my second selvage quilt (Emerald Selvage Spiderweb, 2013) and probably won't be my last. Now that I'm in the habit of saving them, I can't stop! This is where I started a couple of weeks ago. If you are wondering, the red is Kona Tomato. (My grandfather grew the best tomatoes.) It only took about a week to complete the top. Many thanks to Karen Griska for writing a great pattern! I opted to set the blocks on point and skipped the borders. I wanted to make lots of blocks (I cut mine at 10"). This size fits perfectly on my kitchen wall. Selvage quilts are heavy, so a lap quilt wasn't appealing to me. I knew I wanted to quilt this with red and white thread. I started with "organic" vertical lines through the red squares. I figured whatever I quilted in white would disappear, so I decided to practice feathers. (I really stink at quilting feathers!) All that top to bottom quilting means no threads to bury. No marking, no threads to bury = win, win. There are some really cute selvages in here. And so many memories of projects past! Printed copyright dates range from 1994 to 2014. The back is loaded with dots. Why not? The only place you can really see the feathers is on this section of the back. That's OK with me! More practice required. One more glamor shot on the couch with the matching pillow. Yes, it's snowing again! Selvage Log Cabin (needs a cuter name. any suggestions?) 42" X 42" Started January 31, 2015 Completed February 16, 2015 Pattern by Karen Griska

I did it! I reached my summer goal of making a quilt out of my Seaside fabric in time to use it at the beach. In a marathon sewing session just before we left (between soccer games and birthday celebrations) I pieced, basted, quilted and attached the binding on this quilt, then took it with me to the beach house [...]

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Seaside Horizon Quilt Blockby Cristy Fincher12" finished block The Seaside quilt block has it all: the sand, ocean, a pier, a sunset (or sunrise, your choice!), and a ship waiting to take you away. Skill Level: Beginner - More experienced quilters will have the opportunity to fine tune their piecing skills. Skills/Techniques: Stitch & Flip Corners, Strip-piecing, & Glue Basting The pattern features easy to read, detailed instructions with full-color illustrations.   The link for your download will be included in your receipt and is always available in your customer account.

I'm doing a happy dance today because after two three (!) years, I have a finish: My Lake Michigan Quilt, or as we say in all of our state...

There's an imminent new arrival in our extended family, so it's time for me to get working on another version of my baby beach scenes. Simon suggested I incorporate surfing since the father is a keen surfer. That was the starting point for my designing, anyway. I ended up with this row of (potentially surfable?!) waves which will go across the top of the reef/water section, and I started by piecing them. I divided the waves into organic shapes, much like those I used in the much larger Australian scene and space quilts, which I could then piece from different colour water fabrics. The first step was to trace these onto mid-weight non-woven interfacing and mark some registration points along the curved seams to help piece thems evenly, then cut the pieces apart. After carefully selecting the fabrics to use for each piece (colour, and a smooth gradation was the main consideration)I placed the interfacing patter piece directly on the fabric and drew around it with a air-erasable marker, adding the 1/4in seam allowance by eye as I went. I then added the registration marks and the piece number with a fine-tip permanent pen before cutting it out. I've saved all the interfacing pieces in case I want to do the waves again. Then I pinned all the pieces in place on my pattern and checked I was happy with my fabric choices. Then it was just a case of gradually sewing them all together, carefully easing the curves. The wave section is all done now and will be pieced to the top of the reef/water section once that's done (the bottom is straight-ish).

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Today I'm extremely pleased to welcome Pat Hilderbrand as our featured artist. When she sent me the picture of her work for inclusion on the blog gallery page I was instantly captivated by the graphic design, gracious and organic-feeling curves, and judicious use of sparkly or reflective elements to capture a bit of light. I was anxious to see and share more of her work and am so pleased she agreed to participate here! 1. Who are you and where do you live? After 32 years of teaching interior design at the University of Missouri I took advantage of an early retirement option offered to all faculty in 2000. My husband and I live in Columbia, MO. 2. Tell us a little bit about your artistic journey and how you got started? The amazing generosity of Georgia quilters for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic games and the warmth and love evident in Amish baby quilts along with my background in sewing and design planted the seeds for my quilt journey. Did you know the major motif used for those Olympics came from a quilt? Quilters in Georgia, honoring a native American custom of presenting blankets to honored friends, also made enough quilts to send the flag bearer and the National Olympic Committee from each country participating home with a quilt! On the way home from attending the Olympics my husband and I discovered the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. I was particularly captivated by the atmosphere of joy and caring in a gallery of Amish baby quilts. I am continually drawn by the human qualities of quilts and the idea that giving a quilt to someone is like giving them a hug whenever needed. Pat Hilderbrand, Making Waves (14 1/4" x 23 1/4") Inspiration: Ocean waves viewed from my son's home in Massachusetts and waves in Asian artwork. 3. How do you describe your work? Most of my art quilts are relatively simple designs involving smooth flowing curves, lots of quilting, and often a bit of shine from metallic fabrics or beads. Pat Hilderbrand, Who's Watching (20" x 20") Inspiration: The play Wicked for a Cherrywood Fabrics competition. 4. Do you have any favorite techniques or approaches? I love that using traditional and curved piecing requires simplifying content to basic elements. My favorite technique is using freezer paper to facilitate smooth curved piecing with the edges turned under. 5. What do you want to communicate with your work? Calm, joy, appreciation of nature and beauty of simple things around us. Pat Hilderbrand, Japanese Maple (17 1/2" x 31 3/4") Inspiration: Bright red leaves on a Japanese Maple in our yard in fall. Pat Hilderbrand, Waterlilies (25" x 39") Inspiration: A waterlily pond we once had in our backyard. 6. What methods, or lifestyle tips, or time management tips do you find helpful to producing work? Take time to enjoy it all! The process of making a quilt is much more enjoyable if there is no specific deadline or at least plenty of time allowed. It’s wonderful to be able to get lost in the studio and completely forget what time it is or what’s going on in the world. Sometimes, however, time away from a project is needed to be able to come back with fresh ideas and solutions to problems that may occur. I love that a quilt shop in Beijing, China is called “Slow Life Patchwork”. Pat Hilderbrand, Eternity (52 1/2" x 75") Inspiration: Night sky. 7. What kind of studio/workspace do you have and what features of your surroundings are most helpful for your productivity/work? My studio was originally a large bedroom with lots of windows. It has never had overall planning for making quilts but seems to adapt to my needs as I go along. It gets terribly messy when working on a project leaving tools and fabric that need to be put away every few months. Pat Hilderbrand, New Beginnings (17" x 23") Inspiration: Casual sketch that started to look like a seedpod. 8. Which artists, other individuals or subjects currently inspire you? I have admired works by Carol Bryert Fallert, Ruth McDowell, Jane Sassaman, and Diane Gaudynski. I am continually surprised that there is no one thing that inspires. Ideas for a quilt could come from appreciating details on a building, nature along a biking trail, something in the backyard, or just a message that begs to be conveyed. Occasionally ideas seem to come out of nowhere – sometimes when I’m asleep. I try to keep pencil and paper by the bed, or may steel away to my studio in the middle of the night to jot down thoughts and sketches so they aren’t forgotten. Pat Hilderbrand, Susan (12" x 12") Inspiration: A very special dog we had whose entire back end became paralyzed when running and falling on our icy patio. Her continual positive attitude was amazing. Thanks so much to Pat for sharing!

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There's an imminent new arrival in our extended family, so it's time for me to get working on another version of my baby beach scenes. Simon suggested I incorporate surfing since the father is a keen surfer. That was the starting point for my designing, anyway. I ended up with this row of (potentially surfable?!) waves which will go across the top of the reef/water section, and I started by piecing them. I divided the waves into organic shapes, much like those I used in the much larger Australian scene and space quilts, which I could then piece from different colour water fabrics. The first step was to trace these onto mid-weight non-woven interfacing and mark some registration points along the curved seams to help piece thems evenly, then cut the pieces apart. After carefully selecting the fabrics to use for each piece (colour, and a smooth gradation was the main consideration)I placed the interfacing patter piece directly on the fabric and drew around it with a air-erasable marker, adding the 1/4in seam allowance by eye as I went. I then added the registration marks and the piece number with a fine-tip permanent pen before cutting it out. I've saved all the interfacing pieces in case I want to do the waves again. Then I pinned all the pieces in place on my pattern and checked I was happy with my fabric choices. Then it was just a case of gradually sewing them all together, carefully easing the curves. The wave section is all done now and will be pieced to the top of the reef/water section once that's done (the bottom is straight-ish).

I've been busy here at The Painted Quilt. I think everyone has some kind of "thing" for lighthouses, myself included. Since moving to Nova Scotia in 2010, I've become even more enamored with them. Nova Scotia is the farthest eastern mainland Canadian province that is almost completely surrounded by the sea. Countless, if not hundreds of lighthouses continue to dot the amazing landscape that is Nova Scotia. Last year I designed my first nautical-themed quilt called Safe Harbor which was a tribute to lighthouses. Both the actual quilt and instructional pattern are available for purchase in my Etsy shop. The design is complete for my second nautical quilt which I hope to start on "in the near future". Today, I am introducing a collection of four lighthouse patterns from my new Lighthouse Series. Pictured below are my two different interpretations of the Western Light on Brier Island, NS... followed by the Point Prim lighthouse in Digby, NS. This next one may reside somewhere in the world but was born from my imagination and I've called it Silent Sentinel. They are all wall hanging size and measure approximately 13" x 16". Time permitting, I am hoping to have the patterns available for purchase in my Etsy shop later this week. There are three others that I am currently working on in my Lighthouse Series. They are so much fun to design and make and the best thing is, the sky is the limit when it comes to using one's imagination! Happy Easter everyone! And... Happy stitching!

It's always about this time of year that I wonder.... Will winter ever end? This is the Teenie Weenie Bikini quilt, which I first blogged about at the beginning of February here. I was already thinking of spring then. And in an effort to banish the snow and cold, I got this finished top out and was determined to quilt it up the first weekend of March break. I used 20 pieces of my "Pie Making Day" stack of 10" squares with some solids from my Kona stash. Champagne, Putty, Ice Peach, Pink, Maize, Mocha, Coffee, and Brown were used for the flesh tones and Silver was chosen for the background. It's more of my favourite wavy line quilting, performed using my walking foot using a grey thread on top and plain white Gutermann thread in the bobbin for the back. The binding is a Sun Print print called Endpaper in Azure. I used it for one of the bikinis and this print was last used in the making of my Flowers quilt. It feels good to have this quilt finished and ready for some summer fun. But it didn't make the snow go away.... But what a fantastic backdrop! This "Teenie Weenie Bikini" quilt finished at 48" x 72" and was the 25th use of my 2nd edition of 100 labels ordered from Ikaprint. This new pattern is called Teenie Weenie Bikini and you can find it listed here in my shop. This pattern is Layer Cake friendly. You can use a stack of 10" squares or two pieces @ 5" x 10" of any piece from your stash to make the bikinis. 4 block mini quilt finishes at 25.5" x 30.5" Each block finishes at 9.5" wide by 12" tall. Using 2" sashing and 2" borders: Single block mini quilt finishes at 14" x 16.5" 4 block mini quilt finishes at 25.5" x 30.5" 9 block baby quilt finishes at 37" x 44.5" 16 block lap quilt finishes at 48.5" x 58.5" 20 block beach blanket finishes at 48.5" x 72.5" 25 block single bed quilt finishes at 60" x 72.5" Don't FORGET! Use coupon code SEWFRESHFAN15 to save 15% on pattern purchases Linking up to Finish it up Friday with Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts Keep On Quilting On! Follow To follow Sew Fresh Quilts by email.... Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

Charming seaside scene featuring colorful fishing boats and seagulls in the style of Beatrix Potter.

Oh I do like to be by the sea is how the songs goes, which gave me the idea for this Seaside Textile Wall hanging. The panels have 3 different which I have backed with wedding and then sewn round some of the images. It is made of cotton and has a Grey cotton backing. Hangs from rope which has ...More Oh I do like to be by the sea is how the songs goes, which gave me the idea for this Seaside Textile Wall hanging. The panels have 3 different which I hav...More