08 June 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Nautical Tumble Block 25 – Tall Ship S.S. Quilter

Oh!  This has been fun!  These blocks have sure been an adventure.  Thanks for sailing along with us as we have tumbled through these Nautical blocks.  And though this is our 25th and final block, the Tumbler Trimming instructions will go up tomorrow (FINALLY!) and the setting instructions for this beautiful quilt will be up […]

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02 June 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Nautical Tumble Sampler Quilt Block 24 – Fish Tales

We need some fish in this Nautical Tumble Quilt, don’t you think?  So this block has a whole SCHOOL!

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31 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Nautical Tumble Quilt – Block 23 – Pelican

“A wonderful bird is the pelican, His bill will hold more than his belican.” Excerpt from poem by Ogden Nash

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27 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Nautical Tumble Quilt: Block 22 – Number Signal Flags

This is so much fun! This block allows you to send a coded message to the future at the same time you are giving a glimpse of history!

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25 May 2013 ~ 2 Comments

Nautical Tumble Sampler Quilt Block 21 – Shipping Lanes

We are revisiting the Log Cabin quilt genre with our Shipping Lanes Block this week.  A few weeks block we did the Hatches of Patches BullsEye Log Cabin Block.  Shipping Lanes is just the same… But Totally Different! This Log Cabin has a Fields and Furrows set where every other block is turned 180 degrees.  […]

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19 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Nautical Tumble Sampler Quilt 20 Island Porthole

This block is a bit different.  Instead of things concerned with a ship, this is the view from the ship.  The island is my rendition of Santa Catalina Island… you know, 26 miles across the sea… from the SoCal coast.  It may not be a perfect likeness, just my impression of beautiful Catalina!

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18 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Nautical Tumble Quilt: Block 19 – 9 or 16 Hourglasses

Time is running out… Better make some Hourglasses!  This block has some options…

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12 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Nautical Tumble Sampler Quilt: Block 18 – Lyle Hess Cat Boat

Isn’t this a handsome boat? Just made for a leisure day exploring the coastline… The gentle sea, magnificent rocks, and a good companion. Maybe that is what Lyle Hess, the Southern California Boat designer, had in mind when he designed this 16 foot beauty. I know a day like that is what I was thinking […]

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11 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Nautical Tumble Block 17: BullsEyes-Hatches of Patches

Have you noticed? This quilt has become a study of pieced quilt blocks. And that study would not be complete without a Bullseye block. So here it is…

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05 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Nautical Tumble Quilt 16 – Old Barney LightHouse

Last Fall, Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast hard. When the storm finally passed, the Barnegat Bay Lighthouse stood as a testament to the enduring determination of the residents of that area and a shining beacon for their recovery.

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