I finally finished piecing the top of our king-sized Storm at Sea bed quilt. I laid it over our bed to get an idea of the coverage. Each block was 12"x12". I put it together 6 blocks by 8 blocks, and pieced it randomly. I tried to keep the same fabrics away from each other, but couldn't avoid it in a couple of instances.
The hardest part was getting all the points and edges to meet while sewing it together. Because I pieced it over a period of about a year, it was hard to stay consistent with my seam allowances. If you don't cut each piece exactly like the other, and don't use the exact same seam allowance, there will be variations that result in points and edges not matching up.
The next step will be to assemble a backing and patch some batting together to make it wide and long enough to cover the dimensions of the quilt, and then sandwich it all together on my quilt rack.
I made sure that the quilt will hang well over the sides of our bed, because my husband and I tend to fight over the covers. This length will allow us each more than enough material to keep us warm.
I finally finished piecing the top of our king-sized Storm at Sea bed quilt. I laid it over our bed to get an idea of the coverage. Each block was 12"x12". I put it together 6 blocks by 8 blocks, and pieced it randomly. I tried to keep the same fabrics away from each other, but couldn't avoid it in a couple of instances. 
The hardest part was getting all the points and edges to meet while sewing it together. Because I pieced it over a period of about a year, it was hard to stay consistent with my seam allowances. If you don't cut each piece exactly like the other, and don't use the exact same seam allowance, there will be variations that result in points and edges not matching up.
The next step will be to assemble a backing and patch some batting together to make it wide and long enough to cover the dimensions of the quilt, and then sandwich it all together on my quilt rack.
I made sure that the quilt will hang well over the sides of our bed, because my husband and I tend to fight over the covers. This length will allow us each more than enough material to keep us warm.
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