I have a friend that needed a baby quilt for a new grandson in Ohio. The room theme was "Under the Sea" with pastel blues and greens and a bit of dark blue. Try as I may from my stash, the only thing that struck me was these deeper tones. And as luck would have it, she loved it too. This is the same pattern I've used before in another quilt for her, which she was very happy with, and wanted to have again for this quilt. It finished out at 33"x45", warm and natural cotton batting, hand sewn binding, and free motion quilting around the fishies and on some of the background in the main blocks as well as stitch-in-the-ditch elsewhere.

Love the quilt and bag! Gorgeous!

So bright and cheery. Sure to be baby's favorite. The new mom is going to love that matching bag!

Beautiful

very bright & colorful - baby will 'drool' over it! Like the tote bag too - handy for mommy for all the things she'll be carting around.

Love the design and the colors. Great job :thumbup:

Beautiful. Is that your quilting following the design? Really helps to bring out the fish motif!

Yeah for bright colors! Baby will love them!

Yes, I did free motion around all the fish and sea creatures in the blocks in the center and in the outside border. I also did some stitching on the background drawing of coral and things in the center blocks to make it "pop". My free motion gets a little out of control sometimes, but not too bad, and I'm learning to stay closer to what I'm trying to outline.

(Still learning on here, too lol) This was in response to the comment from fleurdelisquilts.com

Really cute and colorful, great job!