The Shark Quilt

Life has a way of plowing ahead despite our best intentions. I haven't bound the previous two charity lap quilts yet, but started on a new one because the fabric was just staring at me! It's almost done, and I'm quite pleased with it. I've been out of town and I'm having computer issues right now, so I'll share a quilt that I did for my son last Christmas.
I'm linking up with Link-a-Finish Friday and TGIFF and Finish-it-Up Friday

I bought the Go Fish Quilt pattern from this Etsy Shop. I didn't have any help taking pictures, so I couldn't get fantastic full shots.

There was only one problem with this pattern; it only had fish on it. And my son LOVES sharks... I really wanted to do a shark quilt with perhaps a pirate theme. But I couldn't find any shark quilt patterns, and since this was one of my first (probably sixth?) quilts, I still really needed a pattern to follow. This ocean scene was just too fun!

Of course, I just HAD to figure out how to get a shark (or more!) on there, and I did! I found some shark novelty fabric, which my son LOVED because it was so lifelike and not babyish. He IS five, ya know. :)

I tried reverse appliqué and I was happy to find that it was super easy. I love the way it turned out and the added texture that it gave it the quilt was perfect.

He loves all things aquatic. But mostly sharks. There are some hidden whale, turtle, and otter batik prints in there, too.

The fins are left hanging on two of the fish.

The school of fish was fun to peice and I used the eyelet stitch on my machine for the eyes versus buttons.

Some fussy cut blocks here and there... A cute sea dragon. You can also see the random wave-like quilting in this one.

The pieced back made from various fabrics he had chosen and picked out for HIS quilt, but I couldn't figure out how to incorporate them on the front of the quilt..so they made up the back.