Last Three?

Bragging about something can cause one to eat one's words, as is the case with "being finished with baby quilts for the year"! After Bible study this morning I found out there is probably another baptism, previously unknown, next Sunday night after 5:30 pm. service. Since I am leaving on a four day quilt retreat tomorrow morning this babe will have to wait a week [or two] for his quilt.
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 pink

With 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.

Just perfect for a boy whose Dad is in the Navy!

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