An Aqua Story – Finding Nemo Finished

It has been a fairly quick ride, the finishing of the Finding Nemo quilt.  The center took only a few hours to quilt.  It was really fun to quilt and I will share more details in an upcoming post.  I love the aqua, turquoise, navy blues with the little pops of color like orange and yellow too.  I think it’s a happy quilt.  ~smile~

Aqua Finding Nemo Baby Quilt

The quilt ended up being 36″ x 44″ after it was washed.  Don’t you just love how puckery and, well, quilted it feels after it has been washed and dried?  I do.  The fish themselves make me smile as they all have a personality.  While it is hard to see, the white squares are actually nine-patch blocks with two different white fabrics:

We like to do this just to add some texture and visual interest (and maybe to keep us on our toes, too).  Both are white-on-white prints.  We use that style a lot – sometimes with stars or hearts on them.  Those are some of my leader/ender piles that I use to push through other projects on my sewing machine.  It seems like I always have them sitting next to my sewing machine.  I used an aqua thread to stitch both the waves and the fish shapes in the border.

For the backing we chose a coordinating fabric with circles that resemble air bubbles.  It is amazing to me that the colors match so well but were not a part of the original fabric line.  I’ve listed this in our Etsy Shop.  We’ll see if it garners any interest.

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