Turkey Tracks: Two Quilts Mailed
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!
These are really splendid, Louisa!! And I love your backing choices~ they both really add to the pizzaz of these two zippy works of art!!
judith brill
April 17, 2014 at 6:35 pm
These are works of art! You are so talented. Susan B
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Susan Burkett
April 17, 2014 at 8:09 pm