Isn't this a fun quilt?!!
A friend's husband is a big bass fisherman and she created this quilt
to celebrate his passion. This was so much fun to quilt.
I used two layers of wool
batting, cut into circles, to give the big applique bubbles their
roundness. I sprayed the batting circles with quilt basting spray to
hold them in place.
Then I quilted a long
stream of pebbles in white thread to look like bubbles rising to the
surface. They were a little harder to do than I expected...pebbles
can be round or oval...but bubbles have to be really round.
The fish and the worm on
the hook will get buttons or beads for eyes and a ribbon will connect
to the hook before it's done.
I've said it before, I
love happy quilts and these bass fish look very happy! (Maybe not so
much the worm!)
“The
greatest act of courage is to be and own all that you are. Without
apology. Without
excuses
and without any masks to cover the truth of who you truly are.”
Anon.
Fun quilting here! And thanks for sharing your super-easy approach for the trapunto on the circles - I would have wanted that extra puff, but I wouldn't have thought to just spray them into place and taken way more time to do the whole baste-it-down stuff and cut it away. I like your way MUCH better!
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