Creative Grids makes storm at sea ruler ..all cuts are made with that one ruler. It is very easy to use, and makes a great block!

If you have EQ you can use it to experiment with colors for your SAS.

I did a more complicated Storm at Sea. With so many points coming together at one intersection, it was very difficult to get the points perfect. I will never do another one but at least this one is off my Bucket List !!

This one is on my bucket list also. If you are wondering about colors I would make sure I auditioned fabric to make sure you get the look you want which is dependent alot on the value of your choices. I will be watching this one to see what folks recommend.

Has anyone made one using accuquilt go dies? Does that make it easier?

I made one this last year and it actually turned out quite well with batiks. I didn't paper piece it. Any points that didn't match up perfectly aren't noticeable at all unless you study every single intersection to find them.

i bundled up my courage and went to the quilt shop today. i left with 19 batiks, one of which will be a steady base in each block. i have the creative grids ruler and i'm just going to be careful.

enough humming and hawing. if it's a terrible mess, i won't have to look at it. it's a commission piece :)

thanks for your help!

aileen

Check out Quilter's Cache - 12" Block - Storm at Sea - it is easy to do and lovely to look at.

Edie

I would go for it, possibly using marti michell templates, as that might give you a better result. A friend of mine and I decided to make a storm at sea quilt as the raffle quilt for our annual church fair. It was a beautiful quilt, which another friend graciously hand quilted, however, she did one section of the quilt and I did the other and it was a true testimony that you should use one quilt to piece a quilt. There were only slight differences, but enough that I had to figure out how to adjust the piecing so that it came out right. But honestly, I was a very beginner quilter back then and it really wasn't that difficult to piece and the end result was beautiful. Go for it.

Absolutely agree. Paper piecing makes it so easy and if you google it you will find a video on how to paper piece by NOT sewing thru it making removal awful. You can use the same templates several times.