Fisherman's Friend

This fishing-themed quilt is another one of the three that Jane recently had Roberta quilt for her and it is SO perfect for it's recipient.

Several years ago she made a quilt for one of her brothers and apparently it has been worn thin from use, so it was time to give him an upgrade. He's an avid angler, so she dug into a stack of fishing themed fabrics.

The illustrated print was actually a panel that she carved up into pieces that she could then border on two sides. Those illustrations have a real Norman Rockwell feel to them, don't they? She asked Roberta to use a wavy quilting design and the one that she picked really suits. 

In addition, there are square-in-a-square blocks, just to make things interesting. 

That black print with the fishing flies is beautiful and has been in her stash for a while; it works perfectly here and many of the block colours were pulled from it.

Not sure what size the blocks are but this will give you a sense of scale.

Love the occasional hit of red.

It is backed with a wonderful mottled green, which I think might be a Stonehenge print. Whatever it is, it feels beautiful. Tim is going to love this!

There was a third quilt in her bundle, a nine patch throw that I shared a while back when she was putting it together. Unfortunately, this is the only pic I got of it, lurking in the background. It evokes café au lait and butterscotch (not a bad combination 😉) and is really lovely. We'll see if we can't get a few pics after it is bound....M