Those KQ Challenge Fish Are "Swimming"

Last month I posted a photo about a "challenge" wallhanging I was working on after I had chosen a theme of "Kids Just Don't Know How to Dress Properly These Days". The "challenge" is offered by Keepsake Quilting, a well-known quilt shop in New Hampshire that sells a kit of six fabrics .... the quilter must use four of their fabrics and may add two others plus may add any embellishments (like beads). This particular challenge does not allow any applique which is why I decided to enter.

Now that you know that I did not choose most of the fabrics in this wallhanging perhaps you will understand why it is such an odd looking thing. :-) I still need to sew on the fish beads (and hanging sleeve on the back) before this project is done but I wanted you to see how the wavy quilting is making the fish pop up and look almost trapunto-ish. This is not something I would recommend doing on a bed quilt but for a wallhanging with fish (or perhaps flowers or birds) it gives kind of an interesting effect with minimal effort.

Judy