Storm at Sea: Day 3

Here we are at Day 3. I might have enough for one more day after this (but I'm still thinking!)

This little quilt was made using some sample, pre-cut patches from John Flynn. His daughter Kate sent them to me to assure me that the hundreds (and thousands) of pre-cut patches for my workshop kits would be perfect. This is a small quilt; these patches are small, but they stitched together beautifully!

The units are 3" x 3"; 3" x 6"; and 6" x 6". I never could have done this without the pre-cuts.

Pre-cut patches from John Flynn

I wanted to make one to show my students two different colorways. I tend to over-prepare for my classes. I want my students to be inspired by different colors and fabrics. Yes, I kept the little boats all going in the same direction. I guess there's no storm happening out there on the seas!

Storm at Sea (pattern on Etsy)

Cutting these diamonds and half-rectangle patches are made easier using a Tri Recs tool (or other rulers like them). My pattern does have easy paper templates.

Here is one that I made 9 years ago for Blank Quilting. I didn't design it, but they wanted me to sew it. When I looked at all the different pieces, I said, "NO WAY!" was I going to cut all of them out. I convinced Blank to get them laser cut from - you guessed it - John Flynn! First, the patches:

Laser cut patches from Stormy Seas pattern by Yolanda Fundora

The quilt you see here is only 46" x 46" FINISHED. That's why I didn't want to cut all those patches. But it truly is beautiful and once finished, it thrilled everyone involved. I had leftover patches which I gave away as a prize to a lucky blog follower.

Stormy Seas. Designed by Yolanda Fundora, made by me

Yes, I have two more quilts that I'll share tomorrow. One is from a student. The other is a variation of a pattern I wrote for a fabric company. See you then!