Smooth Sailing
40 x 60
Machine quilted on my DSM
A donation quilt for Quilts Beyond Borders or Wrap-A-Smile
(Sorry for the blurry photo - it was a windy day)
This quilt started out a long time ago with a couple of blocks (those sailboat Happy Blocks) I pulled out of a pile of some Sunshine Online Quilt Guild block lotto winnings. I felt I could build a separate quilt around those two blocks and used the rest of the lotto winnings in other quilts. I put the Happy Sailboats in a box along with some blue scraps I had on hand. As time passed I would throw any blue scraps that represented sea or sky into the box. Then one day I had the making of a quilt. So I made it.
I usually make my donation quilts for QBB or WAS 40 x 60 so kept that in mind as I built the quilt. I first made that 12 inch Sailboat Block with rainbow sails for the center of the quilt to go with the two Happy Blocks. Then I...
...made a couple of Sawtooth Star blocks for the sky section of the quilt.
Then I just added the scrappy bits and pieces chunk by chunk, piece by piece, bit by bit to the appropriate section of the quilt - either sea or sky.
As you can see I quilted the sky section with loops and stars on my DSM.
I quilted the sea section with waves.
The backing is pieced. The bottom piece of clouds and moon I picked it up from the thrift store quilt a while ago. The top piece of outer space fabric is a left over piece of 100% cotton sheet I had picked up from the thrift store and used on another quilt.
This was goal #3 from my Q2 Finish-Along list.
Sewing for charity so linking up to:
10 comments:
Happy blocks for a happy quilt!
Great scrappy goodness! Using real scraps and leftovers, way to sew!
This is a great finish, and I'm sure someone is really going to love it!
wonderful scrappy ocean themed quilt--love it...hugs, Julierose
What a wonderful scrappy sea quilt! Thank you for explaining how you created the quilt. Amazing what you can achieve by using your scraps. Well done, Cathy! ⛵️
Beautiful! I love all the boat and ocean fabrics! Thanks for linking up :)
Another classic! You have a great way of improvising and arranging, turning blocks and colors into
an exciting quilt. Thanks for sharing.
Love all those gorgeous blues! I admire that you were able to keep track of all those various blocks and fabrics long enough for them to come together into a complete quilt. Congrats on a lovely finish!
Lovely deep blues -perfect for a sea quilt.
A great nautical themed quilt - it's bound to take it's recipient on some wonderful dream journeys! Congratulations on your fab finish on behalf of the global FAL 2017 hosts!
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