Carol Porter - Seaside Quilts : Quilting & Sewing Projects for Beach-Inspired Décor.

Carol C. Porter

Carol is the Education Director for Clover Needlecraft Incorporated, where she helps make the companys many unique products accessible and engaging. She is an accomplished author, designer, sewer, quilter, knitter, pattern maker, and crafter. Carol is also a disciplined and thoughtful teacher whose encouragement and patience regularly inspires student creativity and success. Carol is recognized for the strength of her colorwash designs and has produced quilt patterns under the Heatherworks label. Carol is coauthor of Patchwork Pantry, Pretty and Pieced, and has designs in Quilted for Christmas. Recently she has authored Making Jewelry with a French Knitter and coauthored Bead Weaving on a Loom.

Rebecca J. Hansen

A well-respected quilting teacher, Beckie has been sewing since the age of 12 and took her first quilting class in the fall of 1989. Her quilt designs have appeared in popular quilt books, including Angle Antics, Woven Ribbons, Cubic Ribbons, Strips That Sizzle, Easy Reversible Vests, Patchwork Pantry, Patchwork Picnic, Machine Quilting Made Easy, and Machine Quilting with Decorative Threads. Beckies quilts are also in collections including Marilyn Doheny and the Grays Harbor Community Hospital. As a quilting teacher, Beckie does programs for local quilt guilds and takes on community projects such as making baby quilts for the University of Washington Medical Center and providing quilts for raffles, auctions, and fundraising. Besides quilting, Beckie enjoys decorative painting, faux painting treatments, window glass etching, and refreshing old furniture.

If youve picked up this book, we know you love the beach. Perhaps you are drawn to the vast array of colors that can be found along the shoreline, or the wildlife youve encountered and the items youve collected. Or perhaps you are drawn by wonderful memories of friends and family and the activities you shared together. Seaside Quilts is an adventure through the art of quilt making and bringing what you love about the ocean to light in your quilt designs.

Every project springs directly from seaside inspirations, which are featured at the beginning of each project. Discover how to use favorite wildlife or shell shapes to create appliqu or quilting designs. Learn to build a color palette based on the subtle pastels of beach glass, blue and white ocean waves, or tan and brown sandy shores. Transform a favorite beach scene into a quilt top. Written instructions and illustrations will guide you along the way as you turn your inspiration and ideas into pieces that perfectly capture your love for the beach.

Along the way, you will find wonderful tips for showcasing beach collections, creating beach-themed home dcor pieces, and infusing rooms with seaside style.

This book is geared to empower creativity and stimulate ideas. Take what you learn about going from inspiration to design to create your very own seaside quilts and projects. We love using our quilts and designs to reflect our style and personality, and we encourage you to do the same.

We invite you to join us as we share our combined creativity, excitement, awe, peace, and discovery that come from Seaside Quilts.

Carol C. Porter and Rebecca J. Hansen

When designing a quilt or a room, figuring out the first step is often the biggest challenge. One of the first things you must do is select your color palette, but this itself can also be a challenge when pulling together fabric for a quilt or for implementing designs for home decorating. Knowledge of color theory can help you establish a platform for your design ideas. We encourage you to select colors that surround you, that attract you, and that help you set your personal theme. To set a seaside theme, consider the natural elements and vistas of the seashore for color and texture clues. Examine the images found here and consider how you might be able to use elements from them to develop a color scheme. Then see how Beckie applied these inspirations in the design of the quilts used throughout her beach home.

To set a seaside theme, consider the natural elements and vistas of the seashore for color and texture clues.

Shells and Beach Glass