Feel the Sea Breeze | Making the Sea Change Wall Quilt

If you have ever wanted to bottle up the feeling of standing near the ocean and bring it home in fabric, the Sea Change Wall Quilt is calling your name. It’s bright, nautical, and full of movement, like waves doing what they do best, showing off.

skill level Easy
time A satisfying weekend project, with extra time if you want to add more quilting texture
ideal for A coastal wall quilt, a gift for an ocean lover, or anyone who enjoys quilts with bold value contrast
you will practice applique, checkerboard piecing, value changes and contrast, quilting for texture and movement
finished size 45” x 45” [114 x 114cm]

This pattern by Ralph Jarvis and Corey Follett was featured in Issue 60, our dreamy nautical issue, Inspired by Oceans. It’s all about ocean imagery interpreted through needle arts, with projects inspired by waves, sea changes, nostalgia, and even a comical take on ocean waters.

Here’s the project description from the pattern page. Positioned between Arctic and temperate regions, cold and warm currents, and shallow and deep Atlantic waters, Newfoundland and Labrador is well known for its rich marine ecosystem. Those transitions provided a template for this pattern, which uses value changes and contrast to create a quilt with a bright nautical feel.

Ralph and Corey also used a large swirl print with lighter and darker tones to create texture, movement, and depth, evoking water and waves. Their studio practice often brings together techniques within a single project, and in Sea Change, piecing and applique meet and mix to represent the North Atlantic and its beauty and complexity.

Get Sea Change Wall Quilt here
https://www.aneedlepullingthread.com/product/sea-change-wall-quilt/

Get Issue 60 in print here
https://www.aneedlepullingthread.com/product/issue-60/

Get Issue 60 in digital here
https://www.aneedlepullingthread.com/product/issue-60-digital-version/

What makes this quilt so exciting is how much impact you get from smart contrast and a few well-chosen fabrics. You’ll build confidence with value changes, add character with applique, and end up with a wall quilt that practically sways when you walk by.

Now tell me this. If you made this one, would you go classic navy and white nautical, or would you choose unexpected ocean colors like teal, coral, or stormy grays?

Join me next week to find out which inspiring ANPTmag quilting project I’ll share with you!