Storm at Sea
#1
Storm at Sea
I have finally gotten up the courage to try a Storm at Sea (triangles and I do NOT get along, so this is a biggie!) but I really want to make oversized blocks. I'm a math teacher and can usually upsize/downsize pretty much anything but not this one. The patterns I've found have the weirdest sizes of templates!
I need either a pattern for at least 18" blocks (the bigger the better, the bed is a KING) OR a pattern that has directions to cut everything using a ruler and rotary cutter, with no templates so that I can try enlarging it all myself.
Can you please help? Will gladly send you something in return; I have lots......
Thanks so much!
I need either a pattern for at least 18" blocks (the bigger the better, the bed is a KING) OR a pattern that has directions to cut everything using a ruler and rotary cutter, with no templates so that I can try enlarging it all myself.
Can you please help? Will gladly send you something in return; I have lots......
Thanks so much!
#3
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 12,861
quilter's cache has a free 'storm at sea' block which is a 12" block- it does have measurements- use a ruler/cutter- if you visit 'quilter's cache' go to 'blocks galore' then click on the 'S' section (they are alphabetical) scroll down to storm at sea- hope that helps.
#6
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
Posts: 8,562
Yes, try Quilters cache. You really don't want these blocks to be too big, you'd lose the impact of the overall design, even if the bed *is* king sized!
Jan in VA
Jan in VA
#7
I have finally gotten up the courage to try a Storm at Sea (triangles and I do NOT get along, so this is a biggie!) but I really want to make oversized blocks. I'm a math teacher and can usually upsize/downsize pretty much anything but not this one. The patterns I've found have the weirdest sizes of templates!
I need either a pattern for at least 18" blocks (the bigger the better, the bed is a KING) OR a pattern that has directions to cut everything using a ruler and rotary cutter, with no templates so that I can try enlarging it all myself.
Can you please help? Will gladly send you something in return; I have lots......
Thanks so much!
I need either a pattern for at least 18" blocks (the bigger the better, the bed is a KING) OR a pattern that has directions to cut everything using a ruler and rotary cutter, with no templates so that I can try enlarging it all myself.
Can you please help? Will gladly send you something in return; I have lots......
Thanks so much!
#8
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 11,276
If you look at the Storm at Sea block, from quilter's cache. http://www.quilterscache.com/S/StormAtSeaBlock.html Now draw imaginary lines thru the center horizontally and vertically, it's basically a 4X4 grid. 18 is going to be a tricky size as you want a multiple of 4. So you could go with a 16" or a 20". As far as the angles go, the pattern I have actually has a seam thru the long diamonds (the imaginary line in the QC version) this divides this rectangular block into 2 "squared triangle" blocks: basically a square with a triangle in it. For this patch, you need to either paper piece it or get a TriRecs ruler set. Note that the triangle is NOT equilateral. If you do the trig, it comes out to a weird angle. The ruler set is your best bet, it's available at JoAnn's.
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