Finally, I have finished the two small RSC Fish Quilts. I started this project back in January 2024 as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. Initially, I was making two fish a month, using the nominated colour for the body of one fish and the accents on the other.
Sadly, I started to get behind and it took my until September last year to finally get the tops completed. This shows them without the final border.
After testing out the quilting design on the small quilt, I was ready to load them on Elly May and get them quilted. They were just a bit too wide to quilt them side by side at the same time.
On Sunday, I added the binding and called them done. I think they have turned out to be two very happy little quilts.
The quilt holder upperer once again did a great job.
I think the quilting gives a nice watery effect.
The backing and binding is the same fabric as the border print. It has been in my stash for the best part of twenty years. It is a batik and was bought as an end of bolt at Spotty for next to nothing. There is still about another two metres that will be used at some stage, but these quilts have used a good chunk of it.
Now I just have to finish the batik fish quilt and I will be done for fish for quite some time.
QUILT INFORMATION
Measurements - 51" high x 45" wide
Pattern - Fishy Business - a free BOM in 2024 by Angie Padilla (no longer available)
Fabrics - Various from stash and a few extra fat quarters that suited the theme
Quilting Design - Water Flow by Leah Day
Batting - Cotton/Polyester for one and Bamboo/Cotton for the other (whatever size offcut I had)
Backing - Batik from Spotlight in stash
Thread - Glide - Cool Mint
Needle - Ballpoint titanium 18/110 (for batik fabric)
3 comments:
Both quilts are lovely. The quilting pattern is perfect.
Two beautiful quilts with lots of personality, Janice. I love how well the blue batik works with the rest of the quilt.
I agree with Jeanette the wavy water quilting is perfect. I really like the 3 fish block and the fish bones ones.
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