Susan’s Pickled Fish Quilt

Apr 23

Hello!!
I keep thinking I’m going to keep blogging each day, hoping to catch up. Then, life just gets too busy. I do have lots of fun quilting to share…like this AMAZING quilt that Susan made.

This is called Pickled Fish, pattern by Patchwork Fun. She has some other amazing patterns as well.

She used such a fun variety of fabrics…which I think makes this quilt even better!

I love highlighting each shape, yet doing something that looks great with all the other quilting. Curves with straight lines and a swirly feather…and I love how it turned out!

Susan provided a 8020 batting and I used a cream thread to quilt it.

Now, let’s talk about all the quilty details! In the eye shape I quilted a feather swirl. Which I think helps soften up all the lines in the pattern and quilting.

In the triangles surrounding the eye shape, I quilted lines coming from the point and “l” loops in the background.

I love a good angled picture…to see all that texture!

Okay…now, my two favorite parts!! In the odd curved shape I used the -15- curve ruler from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple, and used the curve of the seam and quilted half inch lines. In the other eye shape I quilted 3/4” lines. I started by quilting the “x” in the center and then the quarter inch lines out to the edges…I just love the texture!

In the squares I used my 3” Circle2™ machine quilting circle ruler to quilt the curve. I did use a bluish green thread in the smaller square and border.

This is my green 3”/9” Circle2™ ruler. My Circle2™ machine quilting circle rulers come in a set of 6, ranging in size from 2” up to 13”. As you can see, there are two sizes of circles per ruler. They are made with 1/4” high quality acrylic, in the USA. They are available in green or clear in my shop. For more info on this ruler set, click on this link…. https://www.quiltingit.com/blog/2018/10/10/introducing-my-circle2-longarm-circle-ruler-set
- Design Patent D875,574 -

In the background behind the squares and along the edges I did a close back and forth freehand line. Then I used the Edge rulers from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple to quilt the 1/2” woven lines along the border. I also used her Edge rulers for all the lines throughout the quilt.