This month's assignment for the guild UFO challenge was #9. On my list, that meant my reversible mini Storm at Sea quilt, which was one of my very oldest projects. It just needed a binding, and now it is finished!
Mini Storm at Sea, dark side
22.5" square
Mini Storm at Sea, light side
I've been quilting since 1995, and I've always been fascinated by designs that look like curves but are made from straight lines. In 1998, I felt ready to attempt a Storm at Sea quilt. I had been collecting fabrics in a variety of turquoise and teal prints, but I wasn't sure whether I wanted to combine them with a dark background or a light one. To help me make up my mind, I made samples of both, which ended up becoming this reversible quilt.
Making the two different versions definitely helped me decide to go with a light background. The main thing I see on the side with the black is the stars, but on the light side, I can see the diagonal wavy movement of the Storm at Sea pattern more clearly.
The mini Storm at Sea quilt was quilted in the ditch from the dark side. You can get a closer look at some of the fabrics in this shot.
Storm at Sea quilt top, 87" x 96"
May, 2012
Storm at Sea, quilted and bound
October, 2012
I'm linking up with:
Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
Monday Musings at Songbird Designs
Wednesday Wait Loss at Inquiring Quilter
Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts
Brag About Your Beauties at From Bolt to Beauty
Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday (TGIFF) at Slightly Biased Quilts
Oh Scrap! at Quilting is more fun than Housework
Happy quilting everyone!
Julie in GA
Interesting study on background color choice, that turned into a gorgeous mini, double sided quilt! Great finish. And the large size version is absolutely stunning.
ReplyDeleteI love both sides! How cool to have made the mini reversable. The larger quilt is perfection! I love the border you put around it. Really extends the design. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Impressive Storm at Sea quilts. I've made two of them (not bed size). I know one still needs to be quilted, but, for the life of me, I don't know where the other one went. I think it was a baby quilt given away, but who knows where.
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That's just beautiful, Julie! I love that it is reversible - both sides are fascinating to look at. And your bed size Storm at Sea is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteFabulous Storm at Sea quilts. The bed size one is very special. I would love to make a Storm at Sea quilt but I have too many quilts on my wish list. Maybe one day.
ReplyDeleteOh my - all are so very beautiful. I see what you mean about how changing that background really changed what part of the pattern pops. Storm At Sea has been on my "some day" list for a couple of years now, but I haven't tackled it yet.
ReplyDeleteStunning. . .the mini--both sides and your bed quilt! WOW! How did you layer the top so that it didn't correspond with the bottom orientation?--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteI love Storm at Sea. Yours are beautiful. That mini one with the light and dark - that's crazy! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI love the history of your Storm At Sea projects, and the colors on the mini are just lovely. How awesome to finish a project that's been simmering so long.
ReplyDeleteThe mini one is so cute, but the big one is magnificent!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilts - both small and large. Teal and aqua are my favourite colours so I have oodles of fabrics in those colours. It was fun to look at the fabrics you used in your mini quilts and see how many I have also had in my stash.
ReplyDeleteMegan
Sydney, Australia
Your reversible Storm at Sea mini turned out beautifully. What a great way to use up those test blocks. Your bed quilt turned out beautifully too. The quilt on our bed is a storm at sea. It's a fun pattern to play with.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, both sides are delightful! I'm a fan of anything blue so I enjoyed having a close-up peek at your fabrics.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun project - and I really like that you did both light and dark backgrounds - it does make something different appear with the color change. Great job!!!
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