Inspired by local pirate lore from my town of Saint Augustine, FL, I hope the collection encourages kids to be adventurous, and to learn history. I did lots of research for the collection–pulling out old college textbooks, reading online scholar research, and visiting the local pirate museum to check my facts. Hidden among the designs you will find historical truths from the time period, such as famous pirates including famous female pirates!), flags of countries that ruled the Caribbean, real pirate ships, and of course pirate treasure.
– Rachel Erickson
This fun collection also comes with a FREE pattern. Get ready to hoist the sails and head off on your next sewing adventure! Your creativity and this fabulous collection have no limits!
We are expecting Hoist the Sails to arrive in January 2023! Already dreaming of what you’ll create with it? Be sure to check with your favorite local or online quilt shop to see if they will be stocking this collection! Are you a shop owner? Hoist the Sails is available for wholesale orders now!
Designer:
Rachel Erickson
Rachel Erickson, of Citrus and Mint Designs, hails from the always beautiful, and almost always humid, Florida. Like many other designers at Riley Blake, she is a teacher turned stay-at-home mom who discovered illustration while searching for a hobby to maintain her sanity at home with two little children.
Rachel comes from a long line of seamstresses who she constantly disappoints with her aversion to “measuring twice, cutting once.” Illustrating is her passion. She is drawn to bright colors and a hand-drawn whimsical style,though she has to remind herself often that not everyone loves orange as much as she does.
When she isn’t illustrating, you can find her sipping diet coke while playing “kitty tornado waterslide” with her son (don’t ask), drawing baby animals with her daughter (mostly kitties), or combing the beach for more tiny shells and shark teeth to add to her borderline obsessive collection.