June 12, 2018

For several years I have used a “fishy” theme for Ray’s card. It is always fun to see what patterns I can find that will fit that theme. This year I wasn’t even looking when Missouri Star Quilt Co. came out with a tutorial called Summer School. I made my first fish in blue but while I stitched I couldn’t help hearing “Red Fish Blue Fish” in my head. So I added a red fish before calling it done.

The pattern uses a Cathedral Window technique for the tail – I’d never tried it before and it was nice to learn something new. And since I was on a “new” streak I decided to try my hand at free motion bubbles for the quilting. I think the proper term for the pattern is pebbles but that just wouldn’t work for fish!