Hi there.
First off, I'd like to say welcome and thank you to my new followers. I've gained quite a few this week, which I am delighted about.
Another post so soon but I just couldn't resist sharing this with you. I've been working on it for the last 3 nights.
It's my very first wholecloth worked on this gorgeous champagne satin. I think it looks like a bit of foil and reminds me of a Quality Street sweetie wrapper !
I worked fancy feathers with swirly off shoots.
I was going to do outline quilting in the background but decided on good old stippling instead.
The binding is also satin - tricky to work with to say the least but worth the effort.
This is the fabric I used for the binding. It is genuine 1970's satin. I got it from a lady on ebay who was clearingout her aunt's things. She was a dressmaker in the 60/70's. I have about 3 metres and it was an absolute find. I'm debating what to do with the rest of it now. Can I piece a quilt from satin ? ....... mmmm don't know about that - it's very slippery to work with and cutting the binding wasn't easy.
I used 3 different sized bowls for the uneven scalloped edge. I wanted it to look a bit lopsided and for the scallops to be different sizes but I think it could have been more pronounced. Still, not bad for a first attempt at scalloping.
I'm going to put this in my bedroom on a red wall ( a muted red , not a bright cherry red) - I think it will look nice there.
Anyway , after a week of machine quilting , I feel the need to go and do some piecing now..
Have a great weekend everyone.
See you all next time.
Rhianon.
9 comments:
Now you have out done yourself.....gone over the top!!! This is spectacular. The champagne color is beautiful and shows the stitching so well. Then the scallops and dark trim---beautiful fabric--are great. Thanks for sharing and the inspiration to try more feathers!
Wow, gorgeous work, Rhianon!
It's so gorgeous!! I'm *impressed* at the satin binding. I bet you could piece with it the same way people piece with silk - I've seen them mention some type of super-thin fusible that they use for working with it.
Oh Rhianon you are such a talented lady. This is a fantastic piece of work.
that is beautiful wish i could do that maybe someday
Absolutely stunning quilting!! I applaud you for your patience with working with that satin :)
Toooooo beautiful! Love your quilting on satin!
fantastic
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Beautiful feathers. Saw this after taking a look at your bloggers quilt festival post. Love the satiny feel for this quilt, it looks like it's soft and puffy and like I really want to touch this quilt. Feathers on here also are amazing! Good thing you're working on the feathers, or were in february, it paid off!!!
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