this is a very long shot but... I need to design & execute upon a baby blanket with a “Moby Dick” theme. I have not read the book and despite sitting through several hours of a read-a-thon for it, know very little beyond-> dude chases whale. Goes poorly.
I enjoy coming up with my own quilt patterns but am drawing a blank atm on how to do this... I’m willing to do some, but not excessive appliqué. Would prefer to piece it but... what? how? It’s a baby quilt, so thankfully aiming small.
A rough idea is below the cut but I’m very open to suggestion...
Seems like key elements would be row boat + whale + ocean.
I have no problem with (in fact enjoy?) non-rectangular quilts so... was thinking something round? Ocean in the middle as a circle? Whale being chased around permitter by boats?
But how to make an “ocean” look good? I’m a mediocre piecer, very imprecise and I don’t have time/equipment to make the quilting overly elaborate....
How might one piece a boat? A whaling boat in particular?
I figure the whale would be appliqué....
Should it be a top-down view maybe?
The parent of the child is rabid for Moby Dick so a more subtle/specific idea would be welcome....
I'll probably delete soon but I'm trying to pick a background fabric (white in the pattern) for my precut squares. I'm really feeling this pattern and the fabric but I don't know if they're compatible yet.. if they aren't, I'll still need a contrasting fabric for my set. Open to any suggestions!!
I have these 5 blocks and i dont know what to do with. I have only scrap pieces of that fabric left. Got it for free so I dont know where it came from. If anyone has ideas that would be great. Not the best photo lol
