I've been playing with this for some time. I cut out a bunch of circles and stitched them down to the background. Then cut out some fish and turtles from a piece in the stash and fused them on there, too. It was missing something. I searched a long time to find a mermaid. Finally bought a canvas that was meant to be framed from China. I cut her out...along with other pieces with fish...and fused that all on top of everything else. And then added a funky border with flamingos. Quilted the border with wavy lines, using the dark variegated thread.
It is 49x57
This has some heft to it. There is a lightweight blanket as batting...from the thrift store.
Unfortunately, the shine doesn't show up much here. I used a metallic thread from YLI with blues and golds.
I basically just went around everything and quilted some watery lines across. Put pebbles in the whole circles and stitched around the circles with a hole in the middle.
The last couple of rows I switched to a dark variegated thread called Poly Quilter from Superior with red, blue, green, yellow and purple. After all, the bottom of the ocean is dark....not that i know that first hand. I don't do water. haha well, i drink it....that is all.
The back is a flannel sheet (thrift store) that adds even more weight.
Top threads are the variegateds and bobbin was Bottom Line white.
I'm keeping her for myself. a good little cover when you need a nap on the couch.
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