#ELECTRIC QUILT STORM AT SEA HOW TO#

While you can get the occasional slight breeze day, it is usually a pretty strong wind. If you have ever been to the Outer Banks, then you know that it is almost always windy on the beach. With my quilt carefully packed, we headed down. It is at the very bottom of the Outer Banks and you can only get there by ferry. Our favorite place to vacation is Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. This gives the quilt a nice drape and feel.

#ELECTRIC QUILT STORM AT SEA HOW TO#

You can also see my entire block-making process in my blog post entitled How to Make a 16 1/2вЂі Storm at Sea Block Using the AccuQuilt Go! Cutting System.ДЇor the batting I used Hobbs 80/20 bleached batting. In fact, the video show and tell of this quilt also has a tutorial showing you how to make a Storm at Sea quilt block using dies from the Accuquilt Go! 8вЂі cube as well as their Triangle in a Square die. I did not have the вЂњStorm at SeaвЂќ die so I came up with my own combination of dies to make my block. To make my individual blocks I used my Accuquilt Go! cutting system. What a pleasure it was to quilt with these fabrics. The lighter one is called вЂњWavy Dots BluebirdвЂќ and is from their blenders collection. The darker one is called вЂњRavineвЂќ and is from their Brilliant Blues foundations line. For the back of the quilt I used the two fabrics they gave me from their foundations lines (pictured on the far right). In the center blocks I used their white solid to get those diamond shapes. I also used Island BatikвЂ™s black solid fabric for the outer area of the block. Even the wrapping paper matched my theme!ДЇor the top I used all twenty of the fabrics in the collection.In addition, because of the theme (and title) of the line, it fit in perfectly with what I had in mind. I am a fan of blue fabrics so this collection blew me away. The design fit the theme of the quilt perfectly. Measuring about 64вЂі x 80вЂі when finished, the quilt was beautifully machine quilted by Melinda Keppler of ScottieBelle Designs. Pieces laid out and ready to mix & match.The quilt has 20 blocks in it, and each one is a combination of various shapes. Island Batik fabrics lines normally have 20 different fabrics in them and throughout all of our blog hops I have incorporated all 20 of them. Because of that I colored my blocks so that shape would be the dominant feature of the quilt. There are so many beautiful versions of Storm at Sea quilts out there, but what kept popping out to me was that center circular shape. I also love scrap quilts, so I couldnвЂ™t resist making it scrappy. It took a while because I really wanted to come up with something unique that showed off the gorgeous fabric. To design вЂњNight NavigatorвЂќ I used my Electric Quilt 8 software. Wow is all I can say!Дisclosure: The products in this post were generously provided by Island Batik, Accuquilt, Hobbs Batting and Schmetz Needles. There were even a couple of whites in the collection. Twenty half yards of blues in every shade with beautiful patterns in each fabric. Well, this is the fabric that was in that package. If you watched my July unboxing video you may remember that there was a вЂњsurpriseвЂќ package in it. This gorgeous line was designed by Kathy Engle for Kari Nichols of Quilting Renditions, and it will be available in stores in December 2021. For my challenge, I received the new Island Batik collection called вЂњConstellationsвЂќ. I cannot say enough how pleased I am with the way my quilt turned out.

For my Island Batik Storm at Sea quilt I made this piece I named вЂњNight NavigatorвЂќ. We were asked to play around with this traditional block and that is just what I did. For this month we were asked to make quilts using their new collections of fabrics and the Storm at Sea pattern.

However, I would like to complete the quilt within a reasonable amount of time, so I'm looking for any advice to help me in the process.November marks the final blog hop in the yearвЂ™s Island Batik Ambassador program. I'm also due for a little technical challenge, so I feel excited to set this kind of goal for myself in 2019. I've always found this model absolutely gorgeous, but when I saw the rainbow Tula Pink version of it here, I knew it was the one my daughter should have: After thinking for a while about the quilt model I should make for my daughter room, I have finally settled for a Storm at sea.

Electric quilt storm at sea