joyce888

I bought Deb Tuckers ruler Square2 and Diamond Rects for SAS.

QuiltE

Thanks McKwilter!

wesing

I didn't know about the Deb Tucker rulers, but I would definitely use them if I didn't already have the others. I have used two of her other rulers and they are awesome. One advantage of her rulers is that they make multiple sizes. My rulers only make one size.

moneill

Here is a link to a free paper piecing pattern
http://www.generations-quilt-pattern...ilt-blocks.pdf
Also, if you look at this, it will show you different layouts. I like this site a lot and I love Storm at Sea quilts. Have fun making yours!
http://www.generations-quilt-pattern...sea-quilt.html

katesnanna

Your quilt is amazing. If that was your first are you now making award winning quilts?

jmoore

MainiacQ2, I love the colors in your storm at sea quilt.

youngduncan

When I did "Storm at Sea," I made it as a class project using Marti Michell's templates: Sea Diamond Set #8605 and Template Set B #8252 (12" blocks). While I found her directions a little confusing at first, the teacher guided me through, and everything just seemed to "click" all at once. The finished quilt had a red heart in the lower right corner; the rest of the quilt I made in dark blue and mottled grey. I thought it turned out very well.

I am planning on doing another one using floral fabrics to do a "Glorious Garden" pattern I found on the internet. Using the templates makes cutting and matching corners easy for me.

AlvaStitcher

I attempted to make a SAS quilt years ago. It was my first quilt and taken from a picture in a quilting magazine showing it as a table topper. Needless to say, nothing matched up and it never got completed. What a mess. Thanks for the pp pattern. Maybe I will attempt the quilt again one of these days.

Got waylaid in this thread by reading Darren's posts and pic of darling Emmaline. She is a precious gift from God and such a cutie.

maviskw

I, too, have been waylaid by darling Emmaline. I've spent more than hour here. Now, back to the sewing machine.

MargeD

I love your Storm at Sea quilt, it's gorgeous. Like you, I started out doing more advanced quilts, mainly because I didn't know any better and no one had told me I couldn't do it. A fellow quilter and myself made a Storm at Sea quilt as the raffle quilt of my church's annual Holiday Fair, done in greens. Another quilter and I divided up the blocks, then I put them together. Because the blocks were pieced on 2 separate sewing machines, there was a bit of a mismatch when it came to assembling the blocks; although it turned out to be a beautiful quilt. I learned a valuable lesson that if you start a quilt, remember that 1/4" on one machine may not be quite the same 1/4" on another quilt, lesson learned. I think Mary Ellen Hopkins said it best in one of her quilting books, that each person had a PPM, personal private measurement, and as long as it was consistent, you'd be just fine. The quilt was raffled off and made a good amount of money for the church. Never let anyone tell you that you can't do something because it seems to be too advanced for you, because you might be pleasantly surprised.