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Old 05-23-2012, 12:13 PM
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I saw this picture somewhere and am now wanting to make a quilt like this, but don't have enough detail of the fishes. Has anyone seen this?
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Old 05-23-2012, 12:39 PM
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Haven't made it, but the fish look like some simple applique to me. Body (including mouth detail) is cut from one fabric. Top fin, back fin, bottom fin, and teeny-tiny fin are cut from a second fabric. Layer the body over the edge of the top, back, and bottom fins. Then layer the teeny-tiny fin over the body. Does this help? You might be able to roughly freehand draw it out knowing that this is how it appears.
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Old 05-23-2012, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by qbquilts View Post
Haven't made it, but the fish look like some simple applique to me. Body (including mouth detail) is cut from one fabric. Top fin, back fin, bottom fin, and teeny-tiny fin are cut from a second fabric. Layer the body over the edge of the top, back, and bottom fins. Then layer the teeny-tiny fin over the body. Does this help? You might be able to roughly freehand draw it out knowing that this is how it appears.
Yeah, once I attached the photo I could see it better. It guess it would work as a wall hanging (I think all those appliques add bulk, right?).
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Old 05-23-2012, 12:47 PM
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I'm guessing that the photo was of a wall hanging, otherwise the fish would be really big.
Since you don't have a pattern, you can just make them whatever size you want.

It looks like the background strips are probably 2" wide finished size.
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Old 05-23-2012, 01:21 PM
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the background strips look to be wiggly so your seam looks like it might not have to be perfect I love it hehe.
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Old 05-23-2012, 01:29 PM
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lots of applique fish ideas here.

https://www.google.com/search?q=fish...w=1025&bih=470
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Originally Posted by dakotamaid View Post
Thanks -- will have to try a couple of these!
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It's definitely applique and the pieces appear to be top stitched with a small zigzag. Looks as if it'd be fairly easy to come up with something very similar, given the right fabrics.
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Try these coloring pages. I also have a lot of applique fish in EQ I will send them to you PM me! Luann
http://www.google.com/search?q=coloring+pages+fish
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Here's the pattern. It's from Castilleja Cotton.
http://www.castillejacotton.com/xcar...t-Pattern.html
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