I bought my first kit when I went to the Houston Quilt Festival in November, 2010. It was a laser-cut kit for a miniature Storm at Sea, done by John Flynn. I’ve wanted to do this design for a long time and just couldn’t resist trying it this way. I think I’d normally do this pattern by paper piecing it, but this was a fun change. The pieces went together so easily because of the precision of the cutting and because the tips of the triangles had been cut off to facilitate matching. I machine quilted lavender feathers in a few of the diagonal rows, then used turquoise thread to add stylized wave patterns to the other diagonals. The outer border has larger, curlier waves, and I added corded piping between the outer border and the binding for a bit of added interest.
The center of the quilt is 14″ x 17.5″, and the finished quilt measures 21″ x 23.5″. I began working on it in late December, 2010, and finished in early January, 2011.