I want to make a Storm at Sea lap quilt
 

Recently I have come across Storm at Sea, which is apparently one of those classic quilt patterns that are hard to find a pattern for? And all the blocks I seem to find for it are 12", but I would want something smaller for the small quilt. 6" seems preferable, or 9".

There are a few variations out there too. So far this is the best page I have come across for it, and I want to make one like the second picture:
http://www.generations-quilt-pattern...sea-quilt.html

Over all, I am having a lot of trouble wrapping my head around this. It took me a little bit to figure out that when the photo caption said "6x8" blocks it wasn't talking about size, it was talking about the number of blocks. Sigh. I don't know if it is me or the way this page is written. I also have no idea how much fabric I would need, and I am not sure what size the blocks finish to. From the look of the PDF template, I think they would be 9x9. I do really like the idea of paper piecing it though, sounds much easier than all the measuring and cutting angles like that would require.

Does anyone have a better tutorial out there?

Okay, the more I look at the actual paper piecing pattern it actually makes sense. My brain is just incompatible with the format of the web page I guess.

But still, does anyone have a better link? or fabric calculations/guess-timations?

If you go to Quilter's Cache, you will find a paper piecing (and regular piecing) for a 12" block. You could always decrease this size when you print out your foundation papers. Hope this helps.

The author of this blog has managed to make SAS complicated ... and it's not!!

Storm at Sea is not a "block", it's a block AND a sashing combination.

Her "block A" is showing the block, top sashing, side sashing, and corner stone.

Her "block B" is the block and all 4 sides of sashing, and all 4 corner stones.

Does that make sense??

do you have EQ7 i do believe you can create the block in there any size needed, i recently made that block but ended up altering it some to fit my needs i am not at home to go into my EQ program or i would create it for you and post.

Exactly! When she uses block B she's just doubling the sashing.

It's made of three basic units.

See attached.

If you love paper piecing, then go for it, but I would make use of the right rulers and tools and piece it regularly. My brain is blanking on the ruler set that does so well with these blocks -- is it tri-recs ruler? I think that's it. Consider getting one to cut and trim your blocks -- it's very accurate and for me, much faster and more enjoyable sewing than paper piecing.

This is on my rather long bucket list. I would probably go for the paper piecing. Be sure to share pictures along the way!

I agree with Sailorwoman. Save yourself the hassle and go to http://quilterscache.com/S/StormAtSeaBlock.html

Everything is easily explained. Don't forget to post pictures.