A pieced quilt pattern built entirely from straight-seamed squares and triangles that, through careful value placement rather than any curved piecing, produces a secondary optical illusion of rolling waves across the quilt top. The pattern is associated by some quilters with a biblical storm-calming passage, and Barbara Brackman's Block Base index dates a specific published version to 1932, when it appeared in the Kansas City Star newspaper's pattern column, a common vehicle for spreading new quilt designs in that era.
Facts
Designer or Originator OriginA published Storm at Sea pattern appeared in the Kansas City Star newspaper in 1932, though the underlying design tradition may be somewhat older. 2 Distinguishing Technique or ResultSmall squares and triangles are pieced with straight seams only; the wave-like curved illusion comes entirely from the placement of light and dark values, not from any curved seam. 2 Connections
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Tools Used
Rotary Cutter is used in Storm at Sea Quilt Pattern.
Sources
1. Block 39 ~ Storm at Sea & Blog Project 2019 (Sew On The Go, Michelle Renee Hiatt)
Post body, sentence naming Block 39Quote, Post body, sentence naming Block 39
Block 39, Storm at Sea, by Evelyn Foland, was published in Kansas City Star, on May 14, 1932.
2. Storm at Sea (Quilting in America)
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