Focus on Design: Storm at Sea

This was one of my 1st quilts! Love the pattern, and thought I didn't like the double sashing until I saw one recently in a magazine that looked "just right". Something about the effect of the doubled wavy lines. It was in monochromes.

BTW, I hung my Storm in the entryway to hide an ugly wall in our previous house, and some weeks afterward, DH said it had made him feel a bit queasy to look at it for a while, but now he was used to it! And he would proudly point it out to everyone who visited :-) Roberta in D

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There's a ruler designed for that angle! Called Lazy Angle IIRC. I pick it up frequently (but don't look at the name anymore). Roberta in D

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What isn't started will never be finished! Just trying to help. Roberta in D

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Hmm... you could put little Compasses in the centers of some of the SAS blocks... Roberta in D

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Thanks Pat....and PBA sounds fine to me! I've suffered from it for so long in so many ways that I don't even remember where I got the term from!

I remember seeing that one in a magazine long ago and fell in love with it. I never made one, of course, but I always thought it was neat.

Go for it Donna! That quilt is gorgeous, and will only get better once it's quilted. I love the reds!

What size block does anyone recommend? I want to maximise the curve effect and I'm not sure how big the finished block needs to be. Can anyone help, please?

Thanks,

Megwen

Bath, England

Size doesn't matter as much as getting the 3 contrasting values right. So use any size you feel comfortable with. Smaller blocks will provide you with more curvy lines. Roberta in D

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I was afraid of that! My colour picking skills aren't properly honed yet!

Thanks,

Megwen

So, can you explain how best to use those three values, Roberta? I'd be most grateful. . In message , Roberta Zollner writes

Wouldn't that look amazing?!

Nancy in NS

I found that EQ was a huge help in working out the contrast in order to get the curve illusion. I just fiddled with it (using gray-scale type "colors") until I could see where the different values needed to be to get the look I wanted. In my "Red Sky at Night", while I used many different reds, I only used two different neutrals; one light tan and one medium tan. I paid no attention to where the various reds ended up; the placement of the neutrals is what makes the curve more prominent in my quilt. Basically, the value of the outer triangles in the "square in a square" blocks should differ from the value of the outer triangles in the "diamond in a rectangle" blocks (I have no idea what these are really called.). At least this holds true in a traditional type Storm at Sea.

Another helpful tool for the Storm at Sea is the Tri-Recs Tool. It's a set of two rulers; one to cut each of the two triangles needed for the "diamond in a rectangle" block. The diamonds are actually two triangles sewn together at the base. I think these are what Doreen Speckmann named "Peaky and Spike". You cut the triangles from strips that range from 1.5" to

This is very interesting and informative, Donna. Thanks very much. . In message , Donna973 writes

Someone showed a quilt a few months ago with a title something like 'Sun, sand and sea' or Water and Sun. It was turquoisy blues with a few splashes of yellow and a little sand colour. The yellow just lifted it.

I've looked in the archives but can't find it, and can't remember who posted it.

Can anyone remember it?

I need to learn how to use the EQ I bought last year, things got difficult last November and all my sewing got put to one side. However, there is light at the end of my tunnel and sometime in October, I'll start looking at EQ.

Thanks for the suggestions,

Megwen

Bath, England

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Same here. EQ5 is fantastic for this. I used it to work out the color scheme and blocks for my nephew's graduation quilt. It came out perfectly.

-Irene

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If you get stuck with EQ come and play with the Virtual Quilters - a small group of rctq'ers who use quilting software. We are more than happy to help . We just finished an international virtual Round Robin, and we have impromptu design challenges. We had one for Storm at Sea just a short time ago.

Email me (see sig block) if you would like to take a look around the group site. The group is "closed" (to protect from spam), but we are always happy to welcome rctq'ers.

Really just whatever size you are comfortable working with - and how many you will have to make.

The circle effect is unexpected when you first look at this block but part of its charm. And you can mix with other blocks as well.

I used S@S with mini Lone Stars for my Star Circle quilt, pics at my webshots link.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Have fun!