Anchor and Waves

Warning, this will be a picture heavy post because I just love this little quilt. This is my own design and I'm really happy with how it turned out. My sister in Florida asked me to make a quilt for her girlfriend who is having a baby this winter. She's doing a nautical room and my sister requested the coral and navy combo.

 
The fabrics are almost all Michael Millers "the Littles" line (which I see they have now expanded beyond nautical!!) and they are all nautical related. Whales, life preservers, boats and anchors. There are two other prints that weren't from that line that I snuck in, but I don't remember the names. One are little crabs that say "crabby" and the other is a boat print.

I did the clamshells with my AccuQuilt Go clamshell die and sorted them by color so it would mimic waves at the top of the ocean.

 

The white fabric is actually a tone on tone that looks like a nautical rope.

 

I free motion quilted the whole thing with swirls so it gave a watery effect. I used navy thread on the bottom, a coral in the middle and white on the top and only coral on the back.

 

The anchor I had designed previously with my Silhoutte Studio software for a past quilt. I printed it and then traced and cut the fabric by hand. I probably could have cut with the Silhoutte, but mine is pretty old and limping along. Sometimes it just eats my fabric at this point! I blanket stitched it to the quilt with my machine.

 

Label is pieced into the back per usual. Almost time to order more - do I redesign!?

 

And the binding is a gorgeous coral stripe from The Littles line by Michael Miller which I think sets off the quilt perfectly.

 

And now it's on it's way to Florida for a baby shower next week! I hope the mom loves it as much as I do.

Quilt stats:

Quilt name: Anchor and Waves

Pattern: none, self designed

Fabrics: The Littles plus stash
Finished size: ? forgot to measure!

Finished: January 2016