storm at sea question
 

i really want to make a storm at sea quilt, but i am super intimidated.

does anyone have any tips or tricks or ways to make it a little less...everything that it is? tricky? slow? a potential design nightmare?

thank you!

aileen

have not made one yet. however, my friend used marti michell templates and said she really liked them.
i have used her templates on other projects and found them easy to use and very helpful.

try a square or two and see how you like it. good luck.

Not that difficult. See my avatar. It's my first completed quilt. I googled storm at sea to decide on the design. I used Marti Mitchell and Deb Tucker templates. Go for it.

This is on my "Maybe Someday" list and if/when I get to it, I will paper piece it.

Google "storm at sea paper piecing" and you will find sites that let you download the paper piecing patterns needed to make a storm at sea quilt. Easy peasy with paper piecing.

I used the Wendy Mathson trimplates to make mine and it was a breeze. I got the accuracy of paper piecing without having to pull off the paper.

I may try the paper piecing method...

My dear friend made my daughter a Storm at Sea baby quilt using Jodi Barrows' square-in-a-square ruler and technique, and she said it was great. Here is a link to a blog by someone else who used this method.

Alison

If you want it easy ... and not have to fret about all the angles working out right, I'd go for PPing.
There's a free PP pattern at QuiltersCache.com ...... if you want a smaller version, you could just reduce the size.

I would probably paper piece this one. I think pp'ing is more accurate than templates in most cases, but that just might be me.