Storm at Sea Quilt Block Video Demonstration and
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Tying a quilt can be done with embroidery floss, perle cotton or other thicker thread. |
Tying is a quick and easy way to secure the layers of your quilt.
There are several different types of thread you can use, including, but not limited to: yarn, embroidery floss, perle cotton, ribbon, cording.
In my early quilting days, I thought it was kind of "cheating" to tie a quilt.
Then someone gave me a quilt for baby quilting daughter, Stephanie. It was a wonderful flannel quilt, just the perfect size, and it was tied with yarn.
After I used the quilt several times, washed it, dried it in the drier, threw it in the diaper bag, laid it on the floor, I understood the value of tying a quilt.
If that quilt had been quilted, I probably would have hung it on the wall and never used it. And the warm and fuzzy thing that would have been used to wrap my darling daughter would have been just some ordinary blanket from a layette set.
How boring would that have been?
Instead, Stephanie got to cuddle in a flannel blanket filled with the love of the quilter who crafted that treasure.
Tying a quilt is really easy, yet there are a few techniques that will make the tying go faster and easier and make your finished quilt stay together longer:
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Most quilters shy away from this block because they think it is "too hard." Using the tips and techniques divulged in this resource, making your quilt will be fun and painless using this intriguing Storm at Sea block. Plus, you can make a traditional-looking quilt or something really fun and modern, using the same block - just by putting the colors in different places.
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This new quilting resource will take all of the mystery out of sewing the traditional Storm at Sea quilt - and it will show you how to create beautiful and unique quilts using just the Storm at Sea block. |
Wendy Mathson is my kind of quilter. She remembers what it was like to be a beginner, and she makes things as easy as possible and as clear as she can - especially for this block.
She includes detailed instructions for sewing each patch, and shows you how to fix the patches that don't come out right - something I have never seen in a book before.
In addition, most book writers leave it up to us to figure out how to press the seam allowances for the flattest quilt top.
Not Wendy - she includes tips for pressing the seam allowances, because how you press the seam allowances can affect how pointy the tips on your triangles and diamonds are.
And, her illustrations include pictures of actual fabric - not those color blobs that leave to your imagination which is the right side of the fabric and which is the wrong side.
In this treasure, you'll know right away how to cut the fabric and how to sew the patches together.
This brand new resource is barely in quilt shops. As a matter of fact, maybe your quilt shop got it in and sold it out the moment it arrived, because this is certain to become the premier resource for trouble-free stitching the Storm at Sea block and creating beautiful heirloom quilts.
You can reserve your copy right now and probably still have it before any of your quilting buddies get theirs.
Included in A New Light on Storm at Sea Quilts are tons of ideas for different ways to make this block into a quilt. From a flower garden to a fish pond to Christmas ornaments, it's all there - stirring your imagination or to use to make your own quilt.
Show me the details for this great resource - - -
In Less Than 1 1/2 Hours, You Will Have Speed Techniques
for Making This Quick and Easy Flannel Baby Quilt
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Can Be Finished In Less Than A Weekend!
Maybe you didn't know that your friend's granddaughter was going to have a baby.
Or possibly you knew, but didn't have time before, and now there's a Baby Shower coming up. You want to make a baby quilt for her, and need it quick.
Or, maybe you are a beginning quilter and want to learn how to make a quilt starting with an easy pattern so you can get your feet wet and learn the basics of quilting.
When quilters asked to learn how to make a quick and easy baby quilt, I pondered what that might look like.
Then I remembered my favorite baby quilt when quilting daughter, Stephanie, was a baby. It was a simple flannel quilt given to me by one of my mom's friends.
So I drew up a pattern, cut the fabric and made the quilt - recording every step along the way so I could share them with you.
And now, all of the video instruction is ready for you right here in TheQuiltingCoach.com.
This easy-to-follow online Baby Quilt Class includes 8 Lessons. In each Lesson, you will see a video showing you exactly what to do and how to do it. The videos are relatively short (between 9 and 20 minutes). And by the end of the video, you will know how to proceed with that step in making your quilt.
This should be a really fun class, and will include live chats with me at various times of the day so folks around the world can get real time help.
Paula Rostkowski is a professional longarm quilter.
As a hand quilter and teacher of hand quilting for many years, she approaches machine quilting the same way and enjoys enhancing the design of each quilt top.
She always looks forward to the challenge of making a quilt look distinctive and unique.
Almost all of her machine quilting is freehand. She takes great pride in the quality of her work and treats every quilt as if it were her own.
Paula will happily work within a budget, using a simple amount of custom quilting for a small budget, all the way to an abundance of beautiful designs that are Quilt Show quality.
Paula will join us on June 28 and share her secrets for beautiful longarm machine quilting.
She will also help us understand how to choose a professional longarm quilter to quilt a quilt we want.
Watch for more details later in the month. In the meantime, mark your calendar for June 28
Postcard Quilts for the Troops
Birthday Roundup Next - Deadline August 10!
Penny's Postcard Posse has sent more than 15,000 fabric postcards to our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and the hospital in Germany.
As quilters, we know what those postcards mean to the men and women who recieve them. Some who get them receive no other mail from home. And for all of them, it's a reminder of the wonderful freedoms they are fighting for and the comforts they will enjoy when they return home.
The Birthday Roundup is in full swing - the deadline is August 10
Diane had a great idea to send over a package of Birthday postcards that can be handed to soldiers the day of their birthday! What a great idea.
So, we've set up a deadline of August 10, and there is plenty of time to get some postcards made by then. She will send over a big box and the soldier "in charge" can hand them out as birthdays arrive. I will be adding birthday-themed postcard designs to www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com, so keep on checkin'
To make the Birthday Roundup deadline, get your cards to Diane by August 10.
Please send your cards to:
Diane Malaznik
14215 Westmore St.
Livonia, MI 48154-4149
Diane is doing a fabulous job keeping the pictures updated, and if you have sent cards in, let your friends and family know that they can see pictures of them here: www.Fabric-Postcards.com
Remember you can get FREE postcard patterns at: www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com
Special Note - we are in the process of changing the Picture Gallery on the Fabric-Postcards.com site. It may take a few days, so bear with us. Not to worry - We have all of the pictures and will get everything squared away soon.
Video - Storm at Sea Quilt Block
This week's video is a demonstration of how to sew a the Storm at Sea quilt block pattern:
Download the Storm at Sea Quilt Block Pattern
June Quilt Block Patterns
The May selection of free quilt block patterns includes a variety of 4 patch quilt blocks, ranging from the easy to make to some that are a little more complex.
Click here to download your June FREE quilt block patterns
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Birthday Cake |
Cheyenne |
Does Double Duty |
Grandma's Choice Simple Design |
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Northern Lights |
Norway Pine |
Pinwheels and Sawtooth |
The Farmer's Wife |
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Utility Block |
Whirlwind |
Click here to download your June FREE quilt block patterns
Hundreds of quilt block patterns to choose from. Patterns include full size templates and rotary cutting layouts. Click Here
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