Turkey Tracks:  April 17, 2014

Two Quilts Mailed

Long years ago now I made a quilt for a family new baby boy–a quilt with a fish theme–that got lost in the mail.

Meanwhile, that baby now has a sister–and neither are babies any more.

So, this winter I set about making them each a long-overdue quilt–with a “fishy” theme.

These quilts are meant to be used, loved, washed, and used some more.

Here’s the boy’s quilt.  It’s called  “Seahorse Seas.”

I quilted with Anne Bright’s “Ocean View” which has sea horses, shells, and sand dollars in the pattern.

See?

Here’s a piece of the focus fabric:

I mixed in some 9-patch blocks in coordinating fabrics:

Here’s the front striped border and the binding out of the focus fabric:

I like the backing rather a lot:

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The girl’s quilt is from a pattern by Joan Ford in her “Quilt Your Stash!”–a little magazine that I picked up in Portland some years ago.

Joan Ford stopped with the flying geese border–so I added the outer border, and I like it a lot.

This quilt is called “A…’s Pretty Fish”:

The background is a deep navy blue.

Here’s more of that border–and the pantograph is “Circle of Life,” by Patricia E. Ritter–ordered from the Urban Elementz web site.

Here are some fish:

And, more fish:

And another shot of that terrific flying fish border.  I think that border is what drew me to this quilt the most…

The backing is a bright red floral…

It’s always fun to mail off one quilt, let alone TWO!