Let's Sail Away withsome sweet baby bedtime quilts

Welcome to today's post of two adorable sailboat baby quilts.

For the first quilt I was inspired by a vintage block I found in The quilter's Album of Patchwork Patterns by Jinny Beyer.  The block "Sailboat", can be found on Page 56.  The notations for the block are " source unknown, date unknown".  How sad not to know who came up with this cute block.

The biggest change I made to the photo in the book was the orientation of the block.  

Above is the way the block was presented. 

I felt the block better represented a sailboat when it was turned on point.

Below is a photo of how I used the block.

Each block is approximately 6.5" X 6.5"

With the block on point I sewed the rows together on the diagonal.

A blue border was added.

And the stray points were cut off before quilting and binding.

Finished quilt is 41" X 41", flannel backing, cotton batting and meandering quilt.

For quilt number two I had two goals, first something simple/quicker, and second I wanted to design a little flag for the top of the boat.

This time the block for the boat is 7.5" X 7.5", plus the flag and two half square triangle waves.

The finished quilt is 39.5" X 41.5". Flannel backing, cotton batting, meandering quilting.

(Sorry, my photos really read beige but the quilts have true white backgrounds)

Hope you enjoyed, thanks for stopping by,

MaryEllen