Island Batik – November Project – Storm At Sea Quilt

Posted on by Jane Hauprich

So our November Island Batik challenge was to make a Storm At Sea quilt. I had never done one of these before, but had always been intrigued by them and all the varieties that you can make. I have even quilted a few of these for customers before.

The Island Batik fabric collection that I had been given to use for this project was: Calm Lagoon by Kathy Engle for Sherry Shish of Powered By Quilting. Isn’t this collection amazing!!!! Make sure to read to the end to enter for a Giveaway!!!!

Below are the fabrics I chose from the collection for my project. I also used Marble Aqua from the Blender fabrics, Blueberry from the Brilliant Blues and white from their solids collection.

I decided to use the AccuQuilt Storm at Sea BOB (Block On Board). This allows you to cut out the entire quilt using this one die!! It was fantastic!!!

What makes me love these dies so much is that everything lines up perfectly, when the piecing is happening!!!

I did piece this with my Handi Quilter Stitch 510, which is a workhorse of a machine!!! Schmetz needles were used for the piecing in this project also, and worked wonderfully!!!

I did find some Storm at Sea planning paper on the internet to try to plan out the colorways for this, but I decided I wanted to go with a traditional scrappy Storm at Sea.

This quilt came together so well that I had it done in no time and then had to decide what color borders to use!!!!

In the end, I used the lighter of the two fabrics, and then used the darker for the binding. Once I had this top done, it was time to quilt it on my Handi Quilter Amara with ProStitcher. I used the Raindrops Edge-to-edge pattern on this as I felt like it was appropriate for a Storm at Sea quilt!!!

Hobbs Cotton Batting made this quilt nice and soft!!!

And here are the pictures of the final quilt!!!! I just love everything about this!!!

  • Rosie “approved”
  • Scrappy back for the win!!

I would like to thank those companies that contributed towards this quilt: Island Batik, AccuQuilt, Schmetz Needles, and Hobbs Batting.

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Giveaway!!!!!!

I am giving away this 2 1/2″ strip set bundle of the Calm Lagoon collection + extra!! (I used up all of one fabric, so I substituted several more coordinating fabrics)


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Note: If you do both, you will have two entries in to win!!

Contest will end November 6 at 8pm. Winner will be announced through a blog post!!!

80 thoughts on “Island Batik – November Project – Storm At Sea Quilt”

  1. I love your work and it is sew inspiring to me…..
    hoping one day to have a class with you

  3. Love the movement in the blocks, Jane! The color way is so ‘oceany’! The quilting design is awesome! 🤩🤩🤩

  5. Beautiful! I liked seeing your two different border thoughts and then the finished quilt.

  6. I love the colors in Calm Lagoon!
    I have the Storm at Sea BOB and I got a little frustrated trying to cut piece G without waste, since I was using specific colors and had to line up several pieces of fabric. But, trying to cut those pieces with regular rulers would take me months! Love my Accuquilt 😍

  7. I love your Storm at Sea – that quilt pattern is on my list to do before my quilting days are over. I had planned on doing it via paper piecing but may change my mind.

  8. Beautiful! I have only made a miniature Storm at Sea. A large Storm at Sea is on my bucket list! I love the colors you picked!

  9. I love that quilt the fabric makes it look like what the ocean water looks like before a storm I have that die but have never made the quilt.

  11. Beautiful quilt, I like that it is Rosie approved. This pattern is on my bucket list. Signed up for your Youtube channel.

  14. I love your quilt. I am actually making a small table runner at the moment using the BOB die. It is so much fun. Thanks

  18. I love everything about this – the fabrics are the perfect collection for this month’s challenge. No reason to mess with a good formula. The quilting is superb – but I would expect nothing less.

  19. It’s lovely Jane, glad to see you’re still so creative. I’m thankful I got to meet you and take that creative quilting class with you in Manchester, pre- pandemic.

    The other Jane. Lol
    Happy Thanksgiving and what a generous giveaway.

  20. This quilt is so beautiful! I hadn’t really thought about how a “scrappy” version of this pattern would so change the look of the finished quilt, but 🤦‍♀️, of course. I also was glad to hear your review of the Accuquilt die for this design; I have been thinking about purchasing it for a while now, as the pattern is complex and will involve a LOT of cutting. I enjoy reading your posts! Thanks for this one.

  21. Your quilt turned out just beautiful! Some of my favorite colors! And I liked the way you quilted it! Really nice!

  22. This is absolutely one of my favorite quilts that you have made! I’m anxious to make one too!

  23. I have always thought of making a Storm at Sea. Seeing your quilt is pushing this to the top of my list. Very beautiful!

  24. A Storm at Sea quilt is on my bucket list. I think batik fabrics give the quilt texture without distracting from the pattern.

  27. Lovely! The fabrics look great in your scrappy version, and I love the quilting. I need to get that panto.

  28. I love how your quilt turned out.. absolutely gorgeous!!! This is one quilt pattern that I would love to make… one day for sure and probably in batiks because they would take the quilt to another level!!

  30. Gorgeous, calm quilt with beautiful fabrics. Always wanted to make a Storm at Sea. Now you have inspired me. Thanks, Jane.

  36. A Storm at Sea quilt has been on my ‘ to do list’ for so long. It looks really good in this fabric

  37. I love this colourway; it sets off the Storm at Sea block beautifully. Glad to see that you quilt on an HQ Amara. I have been looking at long arm machines and that one is high on my list. Nice to see what a good job it does.

  38. Your quilt is gorgeous!!! Really love the calming colors! It makes you thin of the beach! Great work!!!

  39. Always excited to see what you do, fabrics used and quilting design. The colors and fabrics are lovely in this quilt.

  41. Your quilt is gorgeous! The fabrics work really well with this pattern.
    Thank you for the chance to win your giveaway.

  42. Your quilt is outstanding! The colors are beautiful! Subscribed to your You Tube channel!

  43. The collection as well as your selections are great! The quilting really enhances. Such a super end result. Thank you for sharing.

  44. The traditional scrappy quilt turned out just beautiful!!! Lovely quilt!
    (ps … I’m not commenting to win the fabric … I already know how wonderful Island Batik fabric is … let someone else have an opportunity to win! )

  45. Wow! Jane, this is beautiful! I love the colors in this line and your traditional scrappy storm at sea is stunning! The calm in the calm lagoon really comes through, this is such a tranquil look. Love it! (like Gail, I’m not commenting to win. Spread the Island Batik love!)

  48. love the fabrics! everything coordinates so well in this beautiful pattern.Looking forward to seeing you on You Tube.

  50. Fun!! I love the Storm at Sea. The color is traditional and fun with the batik. I love seeing your quilts.

  51. Love Island Batiks for the Storm at Sea Pattern. This is definitely on my list of quilts to make.

  52. That is gorgeous quilt. Storm at sea is one of my favorite quilt patterns however I am afraid that my color sense is not good enough to make one.

  53. It’s a beautiful quilt. I love the colors and design. I will need to get that die for sure. I am a You Tube follower.

  63. Perfect colors! Looks like the ocean! I’ve always wanted to mss add ke a storm at sea…. Someday…

  67. Gorgeous! I’ve been wanting to make a Storm At Sea quilt–looks like the die would make it easy!

  69. Your quilt is Gorgeous!! WOW!!! Thank you for chance to win your give-a-way too…the fabrics are my fave colors!! 🙂 Love blues & greens…

  74. Your quilt is awesome! The colors, the design, and the the quilting all come together in such a striking and beautiful way!

  80. I definitely missed the November blog. But would like to try the Storm at Sea. Do you have instructions for the quilt! Or a link to the instructions?
    Thanks, Marie Thomas

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