onaemtnest

I'm hoping someone can help me with a quilt block.

I've looked all over the internet to find a free pattern for this style sailboat. I have a neighbor who is expecting any day and I'd like to make this quilt (see the link)...

I've drawn it on graph paper and I just can't get 'it' in my head how to construct the sailboat portion. I'd like to make this close to the 'typical' baby sized quilt of 36x45... However I'm open to suggestions of course :0)

As far as I can tell this is not a pattern that is for sale....just another incredible quilter that can venture into original creativity. Somehow the creative fairy missed me on her rounds.

http://pinterest.com/pin/232568768229696750/


http://cornbreadandbeansquilting.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/baby-gifties/

grammy Dwynn

What I see is the front sail is a HST. which looks like it is over 1/2 of the block. Back sail rectangle with attached triangle. Boat rectangle with two triangles.

I know one of the great gals will come along and figure it all out for you. It will make a cute boys quilt.

DOTTYMO

My way would be to collect a selection of bright colours for the brick work at the top and base.
Boats with paper. Rectangle 2inches by 6inchea fold the ends base an inch from the corner on the base onto create the shape in pictUre.
On paper using the corners up 6 inches along base 3inches join dots should be a right angle triangle
On another corner up 4inches and along 2 inches. Join dots and make another right angle triangle

Play with these shapes to make the boats us heat and bond light stick on a background and zigzag edges.

Then on strip of large risk rack.

Hope this helps I know what I men hope you do.

JanieW

To make an 8 inch block, make a 6.5 unfinished HST for the main sail. For the small sail, make a partial flying geese block. Use a rectangle that is cut 2.5 x 6.5. Sew a 2.5 inch square on the diagonal and trim to make a half flying geese for the small sail. sew it to the right of your 6.5 HST.

Make your boat with a 8.5 x2.5 rectangle. sew a 2.5 square of your background fabric to each end on the diagonal and trim. Sew this to the bottom of the sail units and voila! a sailboat block.

EasyPeezy

It looks like it's paper-pieced.

jigs1354

Hi, saw your posting about the sail boat, looks like paper pieced and that's easy on that design. Take your block size and say it's 6" or 7", cut 2 pieces for the size your using, then trim to triangles for the shape of sails, then cut bottom part to that shape 6-7 inches long then trim to shape. Pin to block and applique the pieces on to your block in the center, use a blanket stitch to applique with and it's done. You can do hand applique for the blanket stitch too if your machine doesn't have the blanket stitch. You don't have to turn under the raw edges either if you use a blanket stitch wide enough to cover edge. I've done a lot of applique & blanket stitching and it's very easy. It does not have to be true to size, your blanket stitch covers a multitude of sizing problems. You'll do great..Good luck.
jigs

Scissor Queen

It would be easy to draw out and paper piece. Use a ruler the size you want the block to be and draw the square. Then draw a line straight down the center and one across a quarter to a third of the way up from the bottom. Draw the lines for the two sails. The small sail is the #1. The background on the small sail is #2. The large sail is #3. The background on the large sail is #4. The boat bottom is #5 and the two bottom corners are #6 & 7.

Scissor Queen

The one in the picture isn't appliqued. It's either pieced in three sections or paper pieced.

onaemtnest

Hello Everyone who has been kind of enough to 'help' me out!!!! (((Hugs))) Okay, I've never paper pieced I just got the received the Carol Doak DVD and signed up for her PP class. So PP at this point makes my mind grind to a halt like ungreased gears. Hopefully I'll be a PP soon!!!! Thanks for the confidence that I could do PP though! :0)

Janie ~ Thank-you for the directions on what sizes to cut the fabric....and construction.

Thanks again to everyone....I'm off to sewing room to see if I can do this!

Hugs again to all !!!!
Onalee

Jan in VA

Here are the components of your block. Add background strips on top and bottom after piecing to make it the desired size square or rectangle.

Jan in VA