Saturday 5 October 2013

More Free Motion Quilting


Hi everyone

Hope you have all been having a good week.  Been very busy here, working on a couple of quilts for my display next year.
I've decided not to show everything I'm working on in its entirety, so apologies for that.  I thought it would be nice to have a few pieces that people have not seen.  If you are not in the UK, don't worry, I have been taking lots of photos and will post them at some point in the future.

Lets start with the back of a quilt -


This is the center section done.
Now I had to think of a design to go in the borders lying along side this.


 This is what I came up with.  I'm trying my hand at Mc Tavishing again.  I used it before on the background for Gecko Fabulous but it got covered up by the geckos and leaves so you can't see much at all.

 I'm using a fabric which has glitter on it.  Looks nice but I'm not sure how wise that was as there is glitter everywhere - ie inside my machine.  I have been using the vacuum cleaner daily to clean it so it should be ok.


I've used 2 layers of Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 and all the threads are varigated Gutermans.






 Its turned out to be a nice little sample.


This is a sneaky peek of the design on the quilt.  It's coming along nicely now and with a bit of a push I'm hoping to get it finished next week.
So much to do, so little time.......
Happy Quilting
Rhianon.

11 comments:

Helen@Till We Quilt Again said...

Beautiful! Looking forward to seeing the whole piece!

SisterOfTheDivide said...

Really lovely, your work is so beautiful and flowing. I love the McTavishing! It will be fun to see the completed piece in the future.

Michele said...

Wow!. Just wow.

Jenny K. Lyon said...

This is beautiful work Rhianon! I love your thread choices. I have been using wool to get puff but I love the look of two layers of 80/20-thanks for sharing the details!

Unknown said...

This looks fabulous! I'm guessing those are undersea flowers and ferns with your fishes, can't wait to find out! I have tried some McTavishing and I can't get the hang of it on my longarm yet. I just need to take some time to practice!!!

jan said...

Stunning Rhiannon, sitting looking at your work is always wonderful, but I must learn to do it with my mouth shut...:-) Thank you for sharing.

jan said...

That's my old blog Rhiannon, I have a new one now at WordPress..... sometimes the old one just pops up, very strange goings on!!!!

Patsy said...

Your quilting is just luscious...almost looks like buttercream frosting. Can't wait to see the whole thing!

Unknown said...

Excellent Quilted feathers . Nice to see the flower showing themselves . Lovely design all round. .
Julie

CitricSugar said...

Those flowers are amazing... The details you add...!

Grit said...

Looks so fantastic.
Grit from Germany

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