14 days ago by Candy

Today I spent the entire day at the Trappe Fire House quilting. Each year the 7-Sisters make a quilt and raffle it off for the Trappe Fire Company. Today we started the quilt for 2012. This year we are making a Storm at Sea. Cheryl was our fearless leader instructing us on the construction of the bl ...

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20 days ago by quiltobsession

When I printed all the shapes for the Storm at Sea blocks, I purposely printed many extra shapes. They’ve sat for ages while I thought about what I wanted to do with them. For starters, I’m going to make a few of these stars. They finish at 6.75″. Then I’ll start working with the extra diamond shape ...

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104 days ago by Denise

It's time again for the Blogger's Quilt Festival. I am showcasing one of my favorite quilts, Storm At Sea. I started this quilt in October 1985 and finished it in February 1991. Twenty years ago! I love how it looks like waves undulating across the quilt, even though there aren't any curved pieces. ...

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129 days ago by quiltobsession

While the temporary design wall was up, I put up the 17 Storm at Sea blocks that are done so far. When I put them up, I was trying to put blocks that used the same 2 fabrics beside one another to see if I liked the effect. This has given me a slightly different idea about block placement in the top ...

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136 days ago by Karlee A. Turner

Mary Brewster, TUESDAY SEPT 29th [1846]: “Busy all day in preparing to go on board the ship, packed up my things, made a few calls and spent the day very pleasantly. Took tea and at half past 5 left the dear family where I had enjoyed myself so well and was soon on shipboard. Engaged all this evenin ...

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138 days ago by quiltobsession

What’s that? It’s the stack of fabrics I printed over the weekend for the Scrappy Star, Twinkling Stars, Summer Picnic Dish, Harpsichord and Joseph’s Coat quilts. The last couple of weeks I’ve been identifying the size I want certain projects to finish at. WIth the size of each determined, it took o ...

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140 days ago by amanda white

I finished this piece yesterday, letting rip (as opposed to snipping) with my store of papers. No, I did snip the background which is a patchwork of greys, meant to vaguely represent the sails. And the boat itself, the Maria Crowther, which took Keats and Severn to Naples in September - October 1820 ...

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145 days ago by quiltobsession

Two more of the Stormy Seas blocks are done and added to the group. Only 26 more blocks to go. That in itself is enough to encourage me to stitch at least parts of the blocks by machine. This second block is one of my favourites. Over the past week I have been doing a lot of hand quilting on the who ...

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172 days ago by Aunt Gertie

Aunt Gertie got the call from Great Aunt Claudette in Washington state. Great Aunt Claudette was Gertie's aunt on her mother's side. She had some upcoming medical procedures and wanted to make sure the family was kept up to speed on what was happening. The procedures were likely to take 4-6 weeks to ...

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183 days ago by Quilt Inspiration

One of our favorite quilt patterns is Storm at Sea. We love the way that the straight seams create the appearance of waves and circles. When we caught a glimpse of this dazzling storm-at-sea quilt.... somewhere... it took our breath away. Just look at the tall ship, with its quilts for sails, in the ...

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