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Friday, May 15, 2015

Bloggers' Quilt Festival: Rainbow Fish


Last year I participated in the Rainbow Scrappy Challenge sponsored by the blog So Scrappy. This was my first time making a rainbow quilt. It was also the first time I had made a quilt incrementally...where I made a new color of fish each month. But by the end of the year, I had all the blocks to make this quilt.  The quilt is roughly 60 inches square.

 
Here is a close-up of some of the fish. Each fish is quite easy to make...the body is simply a 4.5 inch square with 1.5 inch squares sewn to the corners and ironed over to make a triangle. This is also called a snowball block. Give the snowball block a tail and you have a fish.



 To bind the quilt, I pieced together squares of fabric to make a rainbow binding. 



I should, however, mention the tragic loss of quite a few of the fish to a marauding cat. Needless to say, some of the participants in the Rainbow Scrappy Challenge made patchwork cats, and with all of the linking from blog to blog, these kinds of problems are inevitable.

Hope you enjoyed this fish tale. To catch more adventures, swim on back to Amy's Bloggers' Quilt Festival.





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23 comments:

  1. SheilaMay 15, 2015 at 11:51 AM

    I absolutely LOVED this quilt! Thoroughly enjoyed watching it come together each month last year.

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  2. Sherri @ RebeccaMaeDesigns.comMay 15, 2015 at 12:07 PM

    Oh it's SO Pretty! Love it! The chex mix fabric is a riot!

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    1. Sally TrudeMay 15, 2015 at 12:16 PM

      Thank you! Obviously the chex mix makes it a salt water fish...

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    2. gayleMay 15, 2015 at 2:21 PM

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  3. gayleMay 15, 2015 at 2:22 PM

    Well, if the cats hadn't gotten them, the owls would have...
    (Btw, I loooove your fishy quilt!!)

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  4. Sew of CourseMay 15, 2015 at 2:33 PM

    This is so lovely, and the cat story made me smile!

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  5. Beth @ Cooking Up QuiltsMay 15, 2015 at 4:49 PM

    What a fun quilt! Love your little fish blocks, and the story was cute too! :)

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  6. Mystic QuilterMay 15, 2015 at 7:55 PM

    So good to see your fishy quilt all finished up and bound! It is such a colourful, happy quilt, pity about the cats!!!

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  7. BarbaraMay 16, 2015 at 6:14 AM

    I showed your quilt to Smitty. He says it's his favorite from the show.

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  8. TerriMay 16, 2015 at 11:58 AM

    Love that your 'school' swims this way and that. So pretty from a distance - you think its only about color, but it's an I Spy, too. Great quilt.
    Hugs

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  9. UnknownMay 16, 2015 at 9:04 PM

    Amazing! How fun!!!

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  10. DanaK ~ WaterPennyMay 17, 2015 at 12:21 PM

    Love this design and the cat is hilarious. It would be a perfect I-Spy quilt for a little one!

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  11. ReneeMay 17, 2015 at 3:25 PM

    Such a cute use of scraps! Love the layout of all the fishies too.

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  12. ReneeMay 17, 2015 at 7:12 PM

    (Psst, I noticed you have this quilt in both the ROYGBV and scrappy categories--I think you're only supposed up to two quilts in different categories)

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  13. MargaretMay 18, 2015 at 7:16 AM

    This quilt is such fun, and I imagine it would be great with lots of I Spy types of fabrics for little ones. Thanks for sharing it with us!

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  14. ShannonMay 18, 2015 at 4:11 PM

    this is so fun! I love those fish as a way to show off all the great fabrics. What a wonderful ocean of rainbow goodness!

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  15. audreyMay 18, 2015 at 9:58 PM

    I'm not a fish lover, but this quilt is fantastic! Love it.:)

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  16. Kamila @ Work-With-Patches May 19, 2015 at 5:11 AM

    I love you beautiful quilt. So wonderful design and great fabrics!
    Greetings from Poland
    Kamila

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  17. CathyMay 19, 2015 at 2:53 PM

    Are you fishing for compliments? You caught one...in my opinion this is a scrappy winner for sure!!

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  18. WendyMay 20, 2015 at 5:33 AM

    what a fab quilt! It's so different from all the other rainbow quilts! Great job with the scrappy binding, that must have taken hours to make.

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  19. SuperMomNoCapeMay 20, 2015 at 9:59 AM

    What a fun quilt! I love all the bright colors. The cat's paw was the perfect touch in your last photo!

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  20. CherylMay 24, 2015 at 5:37 AM

    This is the cutest quilt, I immediately thought of goldfish snack crackers when I saw this quilt.

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  21. GazyniaMay 28, 2015 at 8:30 AM

    :) Fantastic quilt:) Very fun:)

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