Free Pattern Day: Sailboats

Are you familiar with the sailboat quilt block ?  This pattern has been around for 80 years and it is still a classic.  Recently, we spotted a wonderful vintage sailboat quilt at Antique Quilts (shown below).  Wouldn't it be perfect for a kid's room, or a summer house by the sea ?  We've also discovered some clever modern designs - and free patterns - for sailboat quilts.

Free patterns

Above, Row 1: Little Boys Toys Doll Quilt/Table Runner/Wall Hanging at Lyn Brown; free sailboat block and quilt pattern by Janet Wickell at About.com. Row 2: Shiver Me Timbers by Jamie Wood for Clothworks; Set Sail by Leslie Sonkin for Fons & Porter; Into a Sea of Blue, designed by Jean Baker White for McCalls Quilting. Row 3: Sailboat quilt by Wendy Vosters;  Ship Shape by Alice Kennedy for Timeless Treasures; Sailboats by Hilary Gooding for the Henley Studio Collection at Makower UK.

Stay the Course by Dan Morris, free pattern for RJR Fabrics

 

Fairy Tale Sailboats tutorial by Penny Layman at Sew Take A Hike for Moda Bakeshop

Toy Boat Regatta, free pattern by Jodi G. Warner for Quilters World

Below: Summer Winds wall hanging at This-n-That Fabrics, pattern download here; Sailboat, free block pattern, 2008 BOM by Annette L. Unrein at By Annie; Sailboat quilt, foundation piecing pattern by Susan Druding at Equilters.

Image credits:  All images are copyrighted by their owners. Please respect their generosity in sharing their free patterns, and the restrictions they have placed on the use of these designs. Complete information can be found at the designers' websites provided in the links.  If any links are broken, we'd love to know; email us at Quilt Inspiration.