We have this really great store in Berkeley called Ethnic Arts. Â They have the coolest collection of stuff I have ever seen. Â I have found some super fun things in this shop, such as antique puppets from Indonesia, colorful, hand crafted David Marsh furniture and gorgeous mola pieces.
I love the mola pieces and a few years ago bought several of the larger pieces and had them framed. Â They hang in our living room and I love looking at the colors, the shapes and the beautiful workmanship. Â These women are incredibly talented. Â On this particular trip though, I found some smaller fish pieces just stacked in a little wicker basket. Â I immediately fell in love with the colors and the fish themselves. Â I couldn’t seem to put them down once they were in my hands. Â As I stared at them, I thought it would be really fun to put them into a quilt. Â So I bought them and started thinking about how I could use them.
I decided that this would be a great opportunity to go kind of potlucky.  Most of the quilt was made with leftover blocks from other projects and scraps.  It is kind of a wonky quilt, but what the heck!  My fish have a home and quite a colorful one at that 🙂
Here is the finished quilt.
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What a great way to use a lot of left over blocks. Because of the the great colours they work well together. I can see why the fish blocks appealed to you. They are great. Love the way this quilt looks!
Hi Karen – the fish are my favorite part. I was thinking I should add some close-up shots of them. Maybe later today 🙂
This is so colorful and fun! and they all work so well together to make the quilt really interesting!
Thanks so much for sharing at Needle and Thread Thursday!
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What a fun quilt! Immediately the colors made me think of Freddy Moran’s quilts. I love to see what people do with leftover blocks and these look like they were made for this. Love the fishies:)
Hi Gigi – thank you 🙂
I actually have taken a bunch of classes from Freddy. She is such a blast and I just love her. She has clearly been an influence on my quilting! Have you taken classes from her?
It’s beautiful! I love the riot of color.
Hi Tricia – thank you 🙂
It was really fun using my fish and then all my leftovers! What a hoot!
Have a great day!
I love the fish blocks and how you fit them into this super cool and fun quilt! I wish we had a store like that around here! — well, I live in a great metropolitan area so maybe we do and I don’t know about it.
Thank you 🙂 That shop always has something unique and interesting in it. The last time I was in, they had all of these old Chinese wedding quilts on display. Some of the workmanship is incredible – especially the applique!
Awesome!!!! Love this one!
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Thank you Jan 🙂
I’m a huge fan of molas!
Have a warm and great day!
Another stunning quilt!
Thank you Diana! 🙂