SEA TURTLE

This is a collage quilt pattern by Laura Heine.  New sewing involved except for the quilting.  It's 45x64.  After the pattern is traced onto a very thin paper, fabrics are fused on to create the image.  I bought lots of different fabrics to add all the images around the turtle.  It got a second place award in my quilt guild's show in February.  I quilted it using a pantograph with fish and waves.

I used lighter background fabrics at the top to add depth to the overall picture

The committee did a fabulous job on the ribbons

close up of turtle

detail of head and eyes

baby turtle with air bubbles

cone flowers

coral on rock ledge

lobster and crabs

mermaids with sharks ready to attack

rock ledge with shells

whale and coral and shells

sea horse and coral

Seaweed

I quilted it using a pantograph with fish and waves.  If you look closely you can see the fish here:

I found a perfect backing fabric - More turtles !!