"Under the Sea"

Today I thought I would share with you some that I created at the a

end of 2013 called"

Under the Sea"

Teresa of Kingaroy approached me to do a couple 

of custom quilts for her at the end of last year 

She want one as a "Farm Scene" and another as "Under the Sea" Theme

and I only had 8 weeks to get them done 

OK Challenge Set 

I wanted to do something a little different for 

Teresa....she had given me a couple of pics 

of something she was looking for or similar....

what I did know it was going to be an Applique

but I wanted to do something a little different.....

Below are some of the pictures that I took while 

I was making the Quilt :) I hope you and enjoy 

what I have done ") 

First I looked for some cartoon style

pics so I could use them for the templates

so I was off the the Colouring pages on the Internet ") 

found a lot of different ones as you can see here 

 

once we were happy with the layout 

it was onto the cutting out all the fabrics 

and getting the layout down onto the center....

Now onto the Fun stuff this is where I felt like I was a Kid 

again :) Colouring in YaY 

you can see here that I have started to 

put some detail...One of the requirements 

was that it had to have a cartoon look 

Teresa was very excited 

to see it all coming together....so you can see how the detailing can make a big difference...here are some pics that you can see the difference ") 

the turtles are just too cute ") 

you might be wondering what products I have used...

for the Applique I used "Heat'n'Bond" No Sew 

and I Derwent 

InkTense Pencils 

with a textile Medium...

So after 11hrs of colouring in all the detail and getting it just right...I show Teresa and she was very happy below is a Pic of the 

the Colouring all done :) 

So then it was onto they borders and 

quilting...below are some pics of the 

Quilting process and Finished Quilt ") 

We used a light blue thread and she only wanted a simple stippling on the quilt all over which turned out to be a good choice as it made it look like it was water ripples 

I hope that you enjoyed what I have done 

we have a lot more Pics over on our Facebook Page 

www.facebook.com/DarvanaleeDesigns

Under the tab "Albums"

look for "Under the Sea"

Happy Quilting ") N