Last night I completed the quilt for great grandson Sterling due Christmas Day, "The Whale Tale" quilt, and no, that is not a spelling error, the pattern is called Whale Tale.
In an attempt to portray true color I first draped it over DH's truck, but then I had him hold it up for a better view.
In daylight these are more the true colors. Below is a pic taken indoors and even without flash there is one fabric that reads very pinkWith or without flash it was the same thing, a very pink tint on one fabric. Odd isn't it?
This was great fun to quilt, the clouds were easy and the whale tail is simply meander. In the ocean I used an inverted clam shell design and every other row reversed the clam and sewed over the previous stitching to create a design that looks like fish.The birds are SID outlined.
I forgot to embroider before I mounted the backing on the long-arm so I had to sew on a separate piece for the label.
A couple of months ago I ordered labels from Finerribbon.com < https://www.finerribbon.com >and I am very pleased to be able to add one to each of my quilts now. The back of the label lists care instructions.
I had to piece the backing and thought there was sufficient of the lighter blue but once I had it pieced it was obvious it was a bit small for the long-arm and I found this long strip of ocean looking fabric in stash that was perfect to run down the center. QD Dream Angel batting and Auriful #50 weight light blue 100% cotton thread.
The next two are what I thought were the final two Baptismal quilts for 2018. They are almost identical to two others I made recently with a few fabric substitutions and different backings.
To coordinate with the nautical stripe, a sailboat backing and red pin dot binding to set it all off.
Fun to quilt these modern designs alternating in each stripe.
Below, another look alike from a recent quilt, 24.5" MSQC Crown blocks.
Fast and effective for small bits of fabric.
The backing from stash is feminine and coordinates nicely with the front
2 comments:
Love the whale quilt!
The link for the labels doesn't work for me. Can you provide a correct link? I do like your "real" labels.
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