Fish quilt for nephew's baby
 

I came across a similar quilt in Google Images and used it as a starting point for this quilt. The fish appliques came from a quilt called Pond Pals in the Winter 2008 edition of Quiltmaker's Favorites magazine. The applique was a full size insert that happened to be the perfect size for the 12" block...saved me a lot of time in recreating it. :thumbup:

The overall size is about 36" x 48". It is 4-square blocks (6" finished), 6" blocks and 12" blocks. I cut the "bubbles" with my olfa circle cutter. This was made entirely from my stash and my small scrap pile for the fish bodies. I cut out the center of the fusible on the larger pieces before applying, just leaving 1/4"-3/8" or so around the edges so it wouldn't be too thick to quilt through.

The back is made from a few smaller pieces of batiks I had that went well, and the darker green strips were pulled from my "homemade" jelly roll strip pile.
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Love the crative layout and the colors Great job!

Look at you! Being all creative! What a GREAT gift! I want one now. :thumbup:

love those fish!! great looking quilt!

how delightful... nicely done

Aww that's really cute!

Darling! I love it!

This is so cute love your color choice I am sure it will be well loved and cherished :)

It's great, love the bubbles.

I love your quilt. Everything about it is perfect, the colours the placement of the fish and bubbles.

I love fish and this quilt is wonderful!

Cute fish quilt
Nice

LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!! What a wonderful idea.....and the quilting is great....wish I could do that! They are going to love it too!

Now that's one very adorable quilt. I love the fish!!

Lovely. Love everything about it.

WOW Your quilt is super cute!! Beautifully done!

That is really cute!

It is so cute!

Beautiful, i love it

That is so darling. The fish are so cute and I love the bubbles.

What a cute quilt. Those fish are adorable.

Wonderful job!!! really cute!!!

Super cute, what a perfect baby quilt.

Very cute - love the bubbles.

Beautiful quilt!

Cute and creative! Well done :)

Beautiful quilt!

This is a very sweet quilt.

Oh, I love it!

Very, very cute.

Gorgeous quilt.

That is so cute, I love it

So adorable! Love, love, Love it!

That is just too, too cute!

Great job and such a cute child's quilt!

LOVE those fish! And the bubbles!

That is just too cute. Love the fish and bubbles and perfect done all in batiks, even better that it was all stash and scraps. What a fun quilt. I bet your nephew loved it.