Barnegat Bay- Pink Sailboats

Purple Sailboats/ Pink Stars

I finished the baby girl quilt top with the purple sailboats this week. It is destined for our nephew's little new addition, Sage Aria, who arrived a few weeks early in mid November. Her dad is a sailing fanatic and has participated in numerous sailing regattas, so I thought this little quilt would be appropriate. :)

Barnegat Bay Block

These Barnegat Bay sailboat blocks are really simple to make, 3 7/8 inch half square triangles for the sails, a couple of 3 1/2" by 6"inch rectangles on either side. The boat is a 3 1/2" by 12"inch rectangle with two 3 1/2" inch squares sewn diagonally at each end.

I made the water a 3 1/2" inch strip of fabric the whole width of the quilt top to create continuity.

(The directions called for a 3 1/2 by 12 1/2 rectangle sewn below the boat.)

 The in-between blocks are just a 9" by 12" inch piece of 'sky fabric' in this case, the pink stars fabric.

I added a border of white (2 1/4" inch width) to bring out the sails. Now it is ready to be 'sandwhiched' and machine quilted.   Time to wash the kitchen floor again!  :)