Mama and Keiki Whale Quilt for Kimberly

I finally have the quilt blocks ready to send for Kimberly's Mama and Keiki Whale quilt (since Aria already has the first Sunbonnet Sue that Mom & I made because it was for her).

I used freezer paper to help cut out the shapes this time.  I thought this would be better to get the shape right.

You can iron around the edge of the freezer paper if you want.  You'll need to clip the area between the body and the tail.  I did that as I was sewing it on.

Make sure you remove the freezer paper BEFORE you applique it on the block!

I have drawn on the outline of the two whales for positioning on the block.

The Keiki (baby) whale goes to the side.

Here is the images I adapted.  We decided not to do the rosy cheek on ours, but if you want to you can see where that is.  Please include the mouth, eyes, blow hole, and bubbles.  I noted how my marking the block for placement was a bit too big and trimmed down my pattern so it should be better and not show over your applique.

I used a coordinating embroidery floss to sew it (one of the Mom's eyes gets sort of lost though).  I marked the eyes, mouth, and blow hole on the freezer paper for help in placement.  I also found that the fin on the keiki whale didn't look quite right.  It's probably better to clip that to make a sharper corner as you are appliqueing it on, probably just clip it on the right side.  I went back and added a couple of top-stitches to make it look more like the fin.  I did lazy-daisy stitch hearts for the bubbles.

What color do you want?  The orange is obviously spoken for.