Lost Ship : :

After sharing the photos of my Fleet & Flourish yardage Monday, I stood in front of my rolls feeling overwhelmed in the very best way. Looking at that much fabric, with limitless possibilities, was making it all the more difficult for me to decide on just. one. quilt plan. Then I thought of all the traditional quilts that have caught my eye over the past few weeks, vintage and thrifted, being used as holiday decor by many of the home design bloggers I follow on Instagram, layered onto the foot of a bed, draped over a sofa, re-purposed into stockings. Almost all of them comprised of HSTs (half square triangles) and so that's where I began.



I pulled my Fleet & Flourish rolls in cream + peach + coral and those in aqua + blue, adding in a little Wild & Free and a couple Prisma Elements to make eight prints in each color assortment.



When it comes to making HSTs, my go-to has always been the method used for making eight at a time. It's fast, efficient, and I find making them fun! For this quilt I started with two 9" squares in contrasting colors to yield eight 4" HST after trimming. I played around with block pattern ideas and decided to join my little HSTs with one larger 7.5" HST to create my quilt block.



After sharing a snapshot of my work on Instagram, assuming I didn't just stumble upon a brand new block design, I asked if anyone recognized the pattern. Soon someone shared that this block is called the Lost Ship block and a quick Google search lead me to it's many beautiful variations.



Before all of that I had finished just enough to play around with block arrangement and took a couple photos to share before deciding. This first one I really love! I wouldn't necessarily put these exact four blocks together, but I like the pattern that emerges.



This photo below shows the additional design and large diamond that will form if I join my blocks this way. While I love the look in the photo above, I'll be tempted to add in a little more pattern to break up this big diamond. Most likely more of the blue and aqua prints to form a smaller center diamond.



Then, this morning on Instagram I see this photo re-shared from Country Living and notice the very same pattern I'm sewing up! Keeping the blocks arranged like this isn't an option I gave much thought to -- until now, I love it!!

My blocks look to be a little larger at 11" unfinished, but I'd still have to make MANY more to finish a quilt in this pattern!



I'm twenty four blocks in right now, which might be just enough for a new top, depending on which layout I choose, if I add in sashing, etc..

SO... I have to ask, which would you choose?