Storm at Sea: Voyage completed… last year

February 21, 2025 FionaLeave a comment

For some reason, posting finishes is hard. I entered this quilt into the Melbourne Royal Show before it was completed. I thought that the three months to due date was enough to finish the quilting I had just started and submit to the show. And I suppose it was, except it took a solid month of sewing for hours every day to ensure it was done in time and even then, I had my hubby drive me so that I could try and quickly sew on a hanging sleeve (which wasn’t used anyway).

It ended up being fairly stressful but it got done and it got a First!

First! But they didn’t use the hanging sleeve 🫠

Some more pictures

I used a variegated sashiko thread I bought from the AQC quilt show.

The thread ran out right near the end and I ended up using some red perle 8 to finish off the border.

I haven’t even tried to calculate the total cost or time spent but it was definitely a LOT. I was very happy to gift it to my sister at Christmas.

Storm at Sea rows sewn!

July 30, 2022August 2, 2022 FionaLeave a comment

Another milestone reached. All 10 rows sewn, now to sew them together into the final top!

And for a little “snack” break, I bought a couple of really cute kits from Hatched and Patched.

Inklingo · Quilting

Storm at Sea progress

January 31, 2022 FionaLeave a comment

I’ve stalled a bit on this quilt, so decided I needed to see what the final top would look like. I laid out most of the completed blocks on the spare bed to get an idea.

Laying it out helped a lot. I like the way it’s looking. For a while there, I wasn’t sure it would look sharp, that the fabrics would just mush together, but I think it sparkles!

I have about twenty more blocks to go and then I lay it out fully to ensure not too many fabrics are next to themselves. Then it’s sewing into rows and the rows into a top!

I just remembered that I think I planned to add a border as well… it might have to be pieced. I don’t think there is enough fabric left.

EQ7 · Inklingo · Quilting

Next!

November 11, 2016November 11, 2016 FionaLeave a comment

I should be making new clothes for myself (Liesl + Co is 25% off today!) or for the kid, or sorting my scraps, or finishing a quilt that was started for someone not in my life anymore. Should. But my sister has been waiting for her promised quilt for a decade now. So I’m prepping to print Storm at Sea using red and black fabrics for a scrappy look.

Something like this:

Mocked up in EQ7, this measures 83 x 92 inches, including a one inch and 3 inch border and using the 9″ Storm at Sea Inklingo collection.