Three little seahorses – 2020.09.29

My three little seahorses are finished. Scroll to the bottom of the post to see the finished quilt. Or read through for information about my construction techniques.

Here are my three seahorses about a week ago, temporarily fused to parchment paper, and pinned to the background with layers of tulle pinned behind and over them.

I debated whether to add the tulle under or over the seahorses, or both. Also, how many layers of tulle. I found the tulle dulled their bright colors a bit, and decided it would be better to have the tulle only under the seahorses.

I layered the seaweed fabric with batting and backing. Then I added one layer of tulle and basted around the edges. I quilted around the seaweed shapes. Then I added more strips of tulle and quilted them – some strips have one additional layer of tulle and others have 2 or 3 layers. I think this looks like sunlight shining into the water.

I thought it might be difficult to fuse the seahorses to the tulle. So I fused and then stitched each seahorse to a piece of felt – now they look dimensional and even more colorful! Then I trimmed the felt very close to the seahorse. Here they are pinned in place.

Then I quilted around the edges of each seahorse through all the layers. The edges of my mini quilt are faced, and the finished size is just under 12 x 12 inches.

I need to put a label on the back and get this in the mail, as it needs to arrive in Florida by the end of October for the SAQA Florida region exhibit Fresh Fish. I’m shipping from Canada and the mail can be quite slow these days.

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Thanks for stopping by. I’m linking up with these blogs – click on the links below, where you’ll find many other creative and inspirational projects.

• Love Laugh Quilt Monday Making
• WIP Wednesday @ The Needle & Thread Network

Edited October 3 to add – linking to these blogs:

• Nina-Marie’s Off the Wall Friday
• Can I get a Whoop Whoop? by Confessions of a Fabric Addict