Is there an easier way to do this?
 

I am wanted to create a "Storm at Sea" border for a sampler quilt I am working on... Is there an easier way to do this rather than using templates?

You could paper piece it. http://www.quilterscache.com/S/StormAtSeaBlock.html

http://equiltblocks.com/sixteen/Storm_At_Sea.gif

http://3hourspast.com/2011/06/16/exe...cing-tutorial/

storm at sea is a fairly 'advanced' block- paper piecing may be easier then templates if you are experienced with paper piecing- there is also a set of specialty rulers for making them- then are kind of expensive- but if you were going to make this pattern a habit they may be worth the price.

I agree that paper piecing would be the most accurate way if this is all the SAS you plan to do. If you would like to make a whole quilt, the Wendy Mathson trimplates worked great for me. You get the accuracy of paper piecing but you're using rulers. I can't wait to see your finished product.

Darren

Storm at Sea should be paper pieced to keep its beauty. I think once you make it you'll want to do it again and again so I'd invest in the templates, easy for me to say. It is your money.

I did a what I think is Storm at Sea. I taped the template on the back of an acrylic ruler and was able to cut the special angle pieces that way. STILL need to be the border attached. Be very carefully with the placement of your seams!!

I am working on Storm at Sea for my grandson for graduation. I am using Inklingo. It prints the pattern pieces directly on the fabric using your home printer and freezer paper. I then use a rotary cutter to cut them out. It is fast and very accurate. The stitching line is also printed on the fabric. It took 2 days to print and cut out the entire queen size quilt. The pattern is available in 4.5", 6", 9" and 12".

I agree, paper piecing. I like Inklingo also. http://lindafranz.com/shop/storm-at-sea-quilt/15

Thank you for the help. I think that this block is a little beyond my ability at this time. This is basically a sampler quilt which was supposed to have the Storm at Sea border only. I think I will just change the border and try this again in a year or so. (I've only been at this for about 6 months.!) I'll attach pictures when it is finally done.

A simple 9 or 16 patch border might also work...

The Square-in-a-square method is fairly easy to use, accurate, and can be done in any size you wish. However, there is a ruler required (but that ruler can be used for many different blocks). Might be worth checking into.

How would paper piecing "keep" its beauty? I made my pattern by simply charting it.

You do NOT need a specialty ruler. Simply chart the pieces. It's based on a 3 x 3 block. Not inches, 3 units by 3 units. The big center is 2 units wide adn long, the waves section are 1 unit wide and 2 units long. The little corner square is 1 unit wide and one unit long.

If you chart the design, you can make your blocks the size you want, not the size someone wants to have.

I looked at the pattern in this link, and if I am not mistaken, the numbers are all reversed as to what they should be. Am I reading it wrong?
http://equiltblocks.com/sixteen/Storm_At_Sea.gif

Look at a completed quilt with the DOUBLE row of waves. IMO, it loses a lot of the charm of the quilt with only one set of waves per block.

I may be wrong, bu I suspect those are block numbers. If you'll look identical pieces have different numbers

If you're paper-piecing this, then I agree, they are backwards. Weird. Maybe the numbers mean something else?

Look at Eleanor Burns pattern..it's really easy..

The numbers in the link are nothing more that numbers to indicate the number of pieces. Identical blocks have different numbers. The same identical piece within a small block has different numbers.

Nothing reversed at all-----------------just counting from 1 to whatever