While on vacation in Michigan, I decided I wanted to make my friend Ashleigh a quilt for her daughter. Ashleigh's daughter's room is decorated in sea turtles. I had a bit of experience working with sea turtles so I took on the challenge of creating a custom made sea turtle quilt.
I wanted it to be bright and vibrant... but most of all, I wanted to sew with some pink fabrics!
The design has a quilt block in the four corners of the border. I choose Snail Trail in the teal I was using for my water background and a bright pink.
This block was the most difficult block I had ever taken on, THANK GOD for my Mom. She showed me the tips and tricks, like lining up the points of a triangle on one of your lines. In the end... after some ripping and stitching, I felt very accomplished to have this as my final product...
I designed the middle based off a quilt my Mom made for my son which has sea turtle and coral/seaweed on it. Her quilt was much more detailed and also was hand appliqued, but I took the idea and modified it.
My mom and I had been to a quilt show recently and I kept seeing this cool form of quilting. Here is a photo I took while at the show. (If this is your quilt and would like credit please contact me and I will make sure I note your name. I didn't get the name while at the show. )
I decided this technique would look good on the center portion of the quilt. Plus since I was on a bit of a deadline, it would be quick!
I drew a rough sketch of what I wanted the center to look like and started cutting my fabric. The center turned out better than I could have ever hoped for! Take a look...
I don't yet have a photo of the finished product, but I will within days. I learned a new technique for quilting the final product, so look for that in an upcoming blog too!
I will end this blog with the best photo of all! One very happy little girl enjoying her new blanket!
