I had a request for more twin size patterns like my popular construction vehicles. I have created 2 new ocean themed patterns.
This Quilt Pattern is called Mermaid Lagoon, and is made with 6 individual sea characters: Sea Turtle, Octopus, Mermaid, Dolphins, Hermit Crab, and Seahorse. The top and bottom four blocks are 24x29 inches, and the center two are 28x29 with simple sashing to make a twin size quilt 64x84 inches.
Many of these characters are also available as indivdual patterns, with the multiple sizes.
This pattern is for intermediate quilters. You should have some sewing experience. If you can use a rotary cutter, and sew a straight 1/4 inch seam you can put this quilt together.
The process looks something like this:
Step 1: The pattern uses charts to explain how many strips to cut in each color for all 6 vehicles. I suggest using a rotary cutter and mat.
Step 2: A set of charts for each vehicle, giving piece lengths that will be alphabetically labeled and set aside. These pieces will be cross cut from the strips from step 1.
Step 3: Sew the vehicle together row by row following a large color picture that show each piece with its letter designation.
The shaping is done with 2 to 3 sizes of half square triangles. They are cut as squares in the step 2, then marked with a sew line corner to corner to be placed on top of a larger piece or square of the same size. Then sewn, trimmed, and flipped. See YouTube videos for further explanation, search Counted Quilts.
The pattern also includes sashing, basic quilting, and binding instructions.
