Beach quilts

It's August, and a good time for some fun and FREE patterns for FISH-themed quilts ! (plus sharks, jellyfish, a mermaid, and fish pillows.) ...

As the fall arrives and summer winds down, I find myself thinking about images that relax me. I just finished this art quilt in early September. It transports me back to quiet afternoons at Long Beach Island in NJ with my family or visits to the Outer Banks in NC. Beaches are universal. After creating Read the full article...

It's August, and a good time for some fun and FREE patterns for Beach and Ocean themed quilts ! To go to a pattern : Scroll down the page u...

Whether you own a beach house or not, seaside decor is a great theme to incorporate into your home. These free beach-y quilt patterns and tutorials will help freshen up your space even if you simply use them for the summer season. From anchors to seahorses, you’ll be dreaming of the seaside in no time. […]

So many people at one time or another go to the beach. Many of us day dream about what it would be like to live at the beach, look out our windows to see the endless ocean and the big sky, and listen to the waves. Beach designs and motifs give us a sense of Read the full article...

There's an imminent new arrival in our extended family, so it's time for me to get working on another version of my baby beach scenes. Simon suggested I incorporate surfing since the father is a keen surfer. That was the starting point for my designing, anyway. I ended up with this row of (potentially surfable?!) waves which will go across the top of the reef/water section, and I started by piecing them. I divided the waves into organic shapes, much like those I used in the much larger…

Treasures from the Sea June embroiders seashells by the seashore. Designed and embroidered by: June DudleySize: 16" x 19" Wall Embroidery Designs:

24 simple and achievable beach-themed projects for Beach-inspired decor.

The High Tide quilt is a bias tape applique quilt for advanced beginners. The quilt is perfect for medium scale and directional prints - and all those fabrics you collect and just don't want to cut up into tiny pieces! The quilt is made using a quilt-as-you-go method so it's quick and easy to make too!

Do you ever wonder how many quilts you can sew from your stash? I ponder this question a lot. My stash isn't huge but it was beginning to feel out of control. It was time to sew a scrappy quilt and use the fabrics at the bottom of my bins - you know the ones that are destined to be forgotten forever. My fabric bins are sorted by colour and my original plan was to grab the blue bin and sew something but on a family drive inspiration struck! Instead I grabbed the blue, teal and aqua bins and…