That's Awesome.
I love the background with your Koy embroidered on the front.
Waiting in great anticipation to see what comes next.

Ditto, ditto, ditto!!!

Where did you ever find material like that with the Koi? Did you fussy cut them?........Michele

Nice! Very Nice! :thumbup:

The more I think about it, the more I wish you were in my group, haha! It is sooooooooo nice!

The fish are from a slab of green fabric I ordered from Kona Bay. I thought they were going to be little fish. Oops! So I got 6 yards of big fish.

The blue wavy fabric is Laurel Burch that I've had for 3-4 years.

The dark blue with spots is from SewBatik.

And this round robin thing is scaring me! People are going to see my seams! Ack!

Oh can't wait to see the finished of it

How big is this center? is that work all appli? It is wonderful!

Beautiful start of a great quilt! :)

How absolutely gorgeous! Beautiful!!!

WOW!

Beautiful, can't wait to see it done.

Nice, really, really nice.

Beautiful !!! How did you do that ?????

WOW!! Be sure to share the rest as you finish them.

I love it tooo, please share finished peice.

Beautiful !!

OH MY GOSH! Stunning. I can almost see the fish wiggling.

shoud be great fun to watch the progress. Please keep us posted

Wwwwwhhhhoooooo I like that. Makes me want to start a koi project myself! Great job.

That piece is just gorgeous. I can just imagine what the rest of the quilt will look like. I love Coy Fish.

I mean Coi

Or is it KOI? I am so confused...

Oooo, that is pretty!!

That is going to be a beautiful quilt ... and, I really LIKE the name! good sense of humor ... there is just something beautiful about KOI, isn't there? <wave>

This is awesome.
Elizabeth

WOW that is beautiful. I can't wait to see it finished. You do beautiful work. God bless.

WOW can't wait to see the final product, it will be stunning I m sure.

OMG...this will be stunning.

Thanks all! This is so much fun that I've started another one. It will be called, "Be Koiful of the Roses!" :lol:
I think it's going to be a birthday gift for my mother.

Here's the start:

Beautiful!

Your quilt is stunning.

So so Awesome, love them both :D

The is incredible, your quilt will be a show piece.

Love it. Nicely done.

beautiful

Very nice!

Did you fuse the koi to the back ground?

I'd really love to learn how to do that! Beautiful... but isn't all things Oriental beautiful?

:D

You can do this! I was doing it before I ever started sewing other items. There are better ways and this is NOT the expert way, it's just quick and simple.

I use a 2-sided fusible product. I think Steam-A-Seam is one. I have one made by Pellon right now. I bought something like 9 yards for maybe $15? Not sure on that. You can get it in small packages or off of a bolt at Joanns. It's stuff that has a kind of tacky surface on one side and paper on the other. You fuse the tacky side to the object you are going to applique on and then cut it out. Then you have an "iron-on" that you can apply to another piece of fabric.

Anyways, I rough cut around my fish, leaving maybe 2 inches extra. Then I cut the fusible sheet to be slightly smaller than the fabric (this is imporant! :roll: ask me how I know!). I fuse it to the back of the fish and then cut out the fish.

When I am ready to attach the fish I put a couple of scraps of batting that are at least 1/2 inch from the edge underneath the fish, remove the backing paper and I press them into place being careful to make sure the edges are down firmly. Even easier without the batting under it.

Then I stitch around the edges. Done!

Thank you.. :thumbup: