The making of a Sea Glass Wall Hanging

I've been wanting to make a sea glass quilt.  I wasn't sure where to begin.  I started with a white cotton fabric approximately 25 inches square.

I went through my fabric stash and collected my fabrics in tan, light grey, brown, sand, blues, teals and green.  Next I drew out different rock sizes and turtle pieces on iron on Heat N Bond.   I knew I wanted to put three turtles crawling to the beach in the sand.  I lightly drew two parallel lines where I wanted the sand to be.  

I started with the turtles and worked from there with the sand pebbles.  Once I finished most of the sand, I started with the green on one side and the teal and blue on the other.  

I worked from light to dark.  Once I got to this part I realized I needed to draw borders on the top, bottom and sides.  I could have done this in the beginning.  At first I didn't realize how many pieces I would need, a lot!  

Once completed, I chose a blue cotton backing and Warm and White cotton batting.  Sandwiched together, it was time to quilt.  I sewed around each stone twice and moved on to the next stone.  

This is a great project to use some of your scraps.  I think my favorite part of making the Sea Glass Quilt was putting the colors together and sewing  around each pebble.  Not too bad for my first attempt.  I see more Sea Glass Quilts in my future.  Give it a try!