This is 'Something's Fishy by Brubakers Sewing Center. These are supposed to be fish, and they will look more like fish when I get their eyes sewn on. But I might use beads or buttons for eyes, so they wont get put on until after it is quilted.
This pattern was a challenge for me because there were no diagrams, and I am a visual quilter. I had to google to find a picture of the finished row online and draw my own diagrams to keep straight what I was doing. I also wanted this row to be 9 inches wide like most of the others, so I added strips on the top and bottom. Unfortunately, I ran out of the first batik, so I used a scrap of something else I had laying around.
Notice that I had to add a piece of background at the end. This is one piece where your 1/4 inch seam allowance really matters. I counted 35 vertical seams in this row, which means that my 1/4 inch seam is 1/35 of an inch off. Not something that really matters a lot in a normal quilt where there aren't quite so many seams going in one direction, but I need to be more aware of it for pieces like this.
Linking up with Sarah: http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2014/07/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-anticipating.html
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