Baby Goldfish

There are two types of quilts I just never get tired of making - squares in squares and quilts for children. Last week a friend asked me to make a quilt for her to give as a gift for a baby shower. She picked the fabric color theme and I got free reign on the quilt design.

I pulled a couple fabric stacks and she selected one with blue, brown and some Heather Ross goldfish fabrics. (Sadly, this is just about the last of my goldfish in bags. End of an era!)

Each block has either two or three fabrics. They measure 12" x 12" each. I decided to do more wavy quilting on this one...thought it was appropriate with the whole fish/water theme!

Someone asked me how I did this type of quilting on the Mermaid pillow last week. I used the Running Stitch on my machine (Bernina 440QE stitch #4, looks like a zigzag) and maxed out the width and set the length to around 4. It created these lovely wavy lines.

The final quilt measures 36" x 36". I think it's the perfect size for a playmat or draping over the baby on a walk or in the car.

I pulled another set of fabric centered around Sarah Jane's Children at Play line and I made another little boy quilt from that for my shop. It's all quilted and waiting for binding - I hope to share that with you next week!