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Adventures in Atlantis 2008 BOM

Welcome to Adventures in Atlantis, my take on what the Lost City of Atlantis might look like if it were ever found.  There will be a new block every month.  The "building" part of each BOM will be avaiable as a free pdf download for one month only.  If you would like a reminder each month, please subscribe to my newsletter, SundropNews (see link on left sidebar).

The full block pattern will fit on a 12" finished block, but this size is not mandatory.  A 14", 15", 16" or 18" background block will give you a lot more space to add special touches (like the Sundrop Sea Critters) or to do some fancy quilting.  Or work with a 1.5 to 2-yard length of fabric and place things wherever you wish.  I'm just the architect on this project - you are the City Planner!

December: Santa Claus' Retreat        Santa Claus' Retreat featuring: knobbed frog shell, Christma tree coral and Christmas tree worms full pattern $7.95     Claus' Retreat   free pdf click here  Previous Blocks January Wentletrap Apartments featuring: seaslugs, coral & sea anemone full pattern $7.95 February Seashell Chapel featuring: angelfish, devilfish, harlequin sweetlips, kelp full pattern $7.95 March Commercial Trochus Bank featuring: fan coral, goldfish, sand dollars, jewel coral, golden kelp full pattern $7.95 April Grinning Tun Dental Clinic featuring: mermaids, sponges, coral full pattern $7.95 May Apple Murex Farmhouse featuring: kelp, sea pens, barrel sponges, seahorses, cow fish, coral, sea cow full pattern $7.95 June Periwinkle Acres: Buttercup Cottage and Rose Cottage full pattern $7.95 July Whelk Concert Stage featuring whelk shells, bubble coral, a puffer playing the tuba, and fish musicians playing  the clarinet, the accordian, the flute and the saxophone.  full pattern $7.95 August Atlantis Carnival, part 1 pattern includes the Sea Snail Carousel and the Octopus Ride $7.95 September Scallop Elementary School featuring scallop shell, sea ens, damselfish, frogfish, and 2 kinds of little fish full pattern $7.95 October Haunted Ship featuring: shells, corals, sea spiders, batfish full pattern $7.95 November Conch Community Center featuring: 3 kinds of comch shells, coral, bread crumb sponges, jellyfish, sea cucumbers and sea potatoes full pattern $7.95 December Santa Claus' Retreat featuring: knobbed frog shell, Christma tree coral and Christmas tree worms full pattern $7.95 * View Shopping Cart  /  Checkout   Back to Pattern Catalog main page Copyright Notice Designers and artisans work hard to bring you well-written patterns and quality crafts and artwork. Please respect us and our work by respecting the copyright laws. All patterns, instructions and graphics used on this website are copyrighted. They are not free to use without getting permission from the original creator first. Unless otherwise stated, free patterns are provided for your personal use only and may not be reproduced by any means for the purpose of selling or distributing freely to others. For more information, please e-mail us. Thank you. www.sundropdesigns.com

Designer Notes: It seems like most artists' portray Santa vacationing on some tropical island basking in the sun.  When I thought about this, it seemed unlikely that someone accustomed to a cold weather climate would be comfortable sunbathing in the tropics.  Besides that, how would the Clauses and the elves escape the paparazzi?   A get-away in the City of Atlantis seemed the perfect solution!  They would have a climate-controlled house with a gorgeous view, and the press would never find them. In this house, I think the main rooms (kitchen, livingroom, bedrooms, etc.) are in the central core.  The rooms in the two wings are observation decks, equivalent to our sunrooms.  I didn't add a lot of critters to this one, but I'm sure you'll have fun adding your own - perhaps Santa relaxing in one of the observation rooms or a couple of elves swimming around the "trees."  Have fun!