A few months ago, I had fun testing out some new quilt patterns that were designed by my friend, Elaine, of Summercrafter blog.
The first quilt I'd like to share with you is a delightful little quilt with sea horses! This is a perfect project for summer. The quilt is made by piecing using Half Square Triangles and corner units.
Quilt Pattern: Watercolor Sea Horses by Summercrafter
-pdf file ( immediate download after payment) HERE
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| Watercolor Sea Horses quilt pattern |
My Watercolor Sea Horses Quilt:
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| Watercolor Sea Horses by Susie's Sunroom |
Quilt Dimensions: 48" x 54"
Fabrics: Spring House by Moda Stephanie Ryan
I used a charm pack and some yardage
Michael Miller Fairy Frost for the backing
Batting: Warm and Natural
Thread: Aurifil 50 weight for piecing together - white
Aurifil 50 weight for quilting top - Color Me Happy light green 3320
This is the finished flimsy quilt top . Can you see all of the little blocks in this picture?
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| The flimsy top piece |
I love the rows of waves on the top and the bottom of the quilt!
Elaine's pattern is very detailed, with excellent graphics and directions.
Quilting details:
- variegated light green ( from the Color Me Happy collection) Aurifil thread for the quilt top.
First, I quilted around each seahorse figure. Then, I decided to quilt "Curvy Organic Lines" , to give the illusion of water currents and movement.
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| The quilting thread is light in this section of the quilt. You can see a hint of green near the bottom edge of the picture |
I kept the width of the up and down pathway at about 1 1/2 inches.
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| Painters tape and pins help mark off the 1 1/2" wide vertical columns for quilting the organic curvy lines |
The sea horses seem to be floating up and down in the water, don't they? Elaine told me that the quilting reminded her of "sea weed" !
The Back:
I pieced together some of the leftover strips , to insert in the middle of the yellow and white Fairy Frost fabric . And then made a little label.
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| The pieced backing |
This little sea horse quilt is staying in my family!
Note to self: This would make an awesome baby quilt.
By the way..... Summercrafter has 3 new quilt patterns in her "My Shop". They are all on sale now!
*** click on “MY SHOP” on the beach, in the upper right margin and it will take you there. Use the code “FINALLY” and get 10% off! ***
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| I'm off to my sewing room! |
My husband had this suggestion- " Your quilt back looks like a raft floating in a big pool."
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| " You need to have a lady in a bathing suit , with a big hat , laying on the raft!" |
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