Weather Weather on Hilton Head Island is ideal for those wanting to explore the outdoors and soak up the sunshine. Hilton Head Island and the surrounding Lowcountry features a balmy, subtropical climate year round. The largest barrier island off the Atlantic coast, Hilton Head is located 40 miles north of Savannah, GA, and 90 miles south of Charleston, SC. The Island lies on the Intracoastal Waterway and encompasses 42 square miles of semi-tropical, unspoiled sea marshes, creeks and lagoons, wooded forests of tall pines, palmettos, magnolias and live oaks, and 12 miles of Atlantic beach.
2Prepare your mortar and allow the mix to set for about five minutes. You can buy mortar premixed, or you can create your own batch using one part masonry cement and three parts fine sand. In either case, add enough water to create a paste â about the consistency of oatmeal.
You will be pressing a 1/4 inch fold on the edge of your pieced sash, a hot iron and stick glue will be your friend. Just one long edge is done this way. You will line up the edge of the block w/ the raw edge of the pieced sash (right sides together) and the back sash to the back of the block (right sides together) Pin matching seams and points. I am not a big pinner, almost never pin, but here it is a MUST for good results.