Hi there! Today is my stop on the Sharktown blog tour! This Sharktown fabric by Shawn Wallace is so much fun and is the perfect fabric for those shark lovers in your life! :) I loved how this fabric line had a great range of dark, medium and light blues. So I thought it would be fun to do a gradient pattern - so I came up with this fun Stars and Sharks quilt:
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45" x 45" |
I started with the darkest fabric - which is absolutely adorable! I think this is my favorite print in the collection!
I then worked my way out with and used lighter blue each time. This is a super easy quilt - and you can easily whip up the top in an afternoon - which is my favorite part! I love quick quilts!
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For quilting, I used my walking foot and did 1/2" lines and followed the lines of the star. I love straight line quilting so much - however it is very time consuming! I forgot how much time it takes to straight line quilt. But I love how it turned out and I love the texture straight line quilting adds to the quilt!
Lastly, I used a stripe for binding! My binding fairy is the BEST - I wanted to do bias binding - and I LOVE how it turned out! She did a fabulous job! (Thanks mom!) ;)
Alright's let's get started!
Supplies:
Fat Eighth of dark blue shark print
1/4 yard of medium blue shark fin print
1/2 yard of light blue shark print
5/8 yard of water print
2 yards of background fabric
1/2 yard stripe print (for binding)
3 yards for backing
Cutting:
From Dark Blue Shark:
4 - 3.5” squares (A)
1 - 5.5” x 5.5” Square (D)
From Medium Blue
4 - 6” squares (E)
From Light Blue (shark)
8 - 6” squares (F)
From Water Print
12 - 6” squares (G)
From background:
24 - 6” squares (H)
4 - 3” squares (C)
4 - 3.5” squares (B)
12 - 5.5” squares (I)
2.5” strips for border
From Stripe:
5 - 2.5” x WOF strips for regular binding -or you can cut bias binding (you will have enough for whatever you decide).
I made this pattern into a PDF file if you would like to print it out!
Click HERE to download the PDF version
I hope you enjoy making this quilt! Be sure to stop by the other blogs in the blog hop for more inspiration! :)
Talk to you soon,
8 comments:
So cute. Thank you.
So nice! I love it!
This is too darn cute......
This is so cute! I love the shark fabric in this quilt.
Was looking for a pattern for seashore prints. Have some jellyfish and starfish material, this will be fun! Thanks for sharing the pattern.
Barbara F
Thanks for sharing, was looking for a pattern for seashore fabric I have been stashing.
This looks so fun to do. I love the shark prints.
Adorable! This is the perfect size for that little someone! Thank you for the pdf, that is so helpful and really appreciated!
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