Mini Storm at Sea is Finished!

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.

I did end up making a bed-sized Storm at Sea quilt, but it wasn't started until 2001 when I found the perfect background fabric with sea anemones on it.

 That quilt was finished in 2012.

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