Time is running out… Better make some Hourglasses! This block has some options… (more…)
Category: Nautical Tumble Quilt
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Nautical Tumble Sampler Quilt: Block 18 – Lyle Hess Cat Boat
Isn’t this a handsome boat? Just made for a leisure day exploring the coastline… The gentle sea, magnificent rocks, and a good companion. Maybe that is what Lyle Hess, the Southern California Boat designer, had in mind when he designed this 16 foot beauty. I know a day like that is what I was thinking about as I made my block!
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Nautical Tumble Block 17: BullsEyes-Hatches of Patches
Have you noticed? This quilt has become a study of pieced quilt blocks. And that study would not be complete without a Bullseye block. So here it is…
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Nautical Tumble Quilt 16 – Old Barney LightHouse
Last Fall, Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast hard. When the storm finally passed, the Barnegat Bay Lighthouse stood as a testament to the enduring determination of the residents of that area and a shining beacon for their recovery.
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Nautical Tumble Sampler Quilt – Block 15 – Ship Ahoy Pieced Sailboat Block
Way off on the horizon… I can see the Sails! The Ship is coming into port! Ship Ahoy! Ship Ahoy!
This Pieced Sailboat Ship Ahoy block is surrounded with Postage Stamp size 16-Patches… But have no fear! They are made from little strip pieced 4-Patches. (more…)
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Nautical Tumble Block 14- Sails
Let’s Set Sail! These equilateral triangles look like sails to me. A whole regatta of boats, racing to the finish line…
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Nautical Tumble Block 13 – Compass Rose
The Mariner’s Compass block is a spectacular traditional quilt block that is usually pieced. This Compass Rose block is unique because it is created with Applique instead of piecing.
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Nautical Tumble Sampler Quilt – Block Twelve – The Swells
This ingenious block uses Flying Geese Blocks to represent waves… The waves repeat across the block like swells out on the open sea.
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Nautical Tumble Block 11 “Jonathan”
“It was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across the ripples of a gentle sea.”
Here is our next block in the exploration of all things Nautical… Jonathan… Named, of course, for Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a popular book during the 1970s. Isn’t this a sweet quote above from the book? It surely applies to this golden quilt we are making.
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Nautical Tumble Block 10 – Pinwheels
This quilt evokes days gone by when men would go down to the sea in ships. And what was vital to making ships go in those long ago times? The wind that would fill their sails!