WIPs With Friends

Is it Wednesday already??  

I have some new fishies to share with you.  

I am continuing the school of fish.  

They are fairly labor intensive and I am struggling with the lack of actual directions. 

(as you will see on fish number 3)  

I am working off a beta version that I got from Sarah when she was making this pattern.

I am using the Folksy Fish pattern by No Hats Quilts

So far I have three completed fish.  I finished fish number 3 last night and started on fishy number 4.  

Fish Number 1 (He has the best eye)

Fish Number 2 (I think he is a Beta fish)

Fish Number 3 (I am loving his body fabric!)

I decided to keep going and this next fish is a lot more complex then these first three.  

It is my nod to MSU (school that the mama went to) in that it is green and white.  

I spent about 2 hours on the top half of the fish last night.  

There were 33 pieces in the top section of the fish.  

The mama of the baby's mama asked me what I meant by paper piecing so I took a few shots to show what I meant and will share those here.

This is what the paper side looks like with the fabric all sewn on to it from the "back" 

(or the side I actually sew on).  

It is kind of a mess, but you can see how I sew on the lines.

Flip it over and you can see what it looks like on the front.  

This particular pattern did not include the 1/4" seam allowance so when I piece I need to remember that my outer edge needs to include that.

Here it is from the front once it is trimmed (don't worry the odd bits will be caught in the seam)

This is the whole pattern for the fish without the background.  

You can see I have a wee bit more to do!

I thought this captured the whole thing nicely too.

I am going to link up to Let's Bee Social too.

So that takes care of what I am working on.  

What are you doing?  

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~XOP~

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