The blocks for this quilt are the most simple blocks you can make, half square triangles. (I’m not sure that I kept completely to the chart, but it is helpful when you first start laying out the blocks.) You can see how I separated my colors into two stacks each of dark, medium and light, one for the “solid” red (or blue) and another for the mixed (middle) area. Then you’ll want to make 127 red blocks, 121 blue blocks and 148 mixed blocks for the middle. If you follow my chart, you’ll want to cut 201 red squares and 195 blue squares for a total of 396 squares. *Sigh* This makes a generous lap sized quilt, big enough to share for a nap on the couch. Notice that this was not meant to be shared with the public, as I even wrote my optometrist appointment reminder at the top of the page. That might be easier to see from this photo where I was first laying out blocks. It is very important that you not rely on the different colors to create the effect, make sure you’re keeping the dark and light values even through the color changes. The darker shades of the red are used with the paler shades of blue to keep the dark and light values moving through the center of the quilt where the colors meet. With the bundles of colors I chose, the red bundle is darker than the blue, so notice how the colors meet in the middle of the quilt. Be sure when choosing your colors and making your blocks that you continue the pattern of dark and light even as you change colors. This gives you a wide range of lights and darks in each color to work with, but keep in mind that this quilt is based on value (the depth of color) as much as it is on color itself. The red is called Hot Spice, the blue is Grecian Waters. Both are Colorstory Fat Quarter Bundles by Robert Kaufman. To make it easy on myself, I bought bundles of fat quarters of coordinating reds and blues. To start yours, decide on the colors you’d like to use. I named it Lava Meets Sea, because when lava hits the sea it makes rock, a strong foundation. I wanted to make a quilt for them that would illustrate the blending of two hearts, two lives and two families.
#Sea of squares how to#
This is possibly my favorite quilt, and it’s certainly the one that has had the most “how can I make one” questions as I was making it, so I thought I’d share some tips on how to make your own.įirst, the story behind it: This quilt is a gift for my best friend Kim, who is engaged to Matt.
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