Showing posts with label grandmother's fan block.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grandmother's fan block.. Show all posts

Saturday, 31 August 2013

Grandmother's Fan Quilt - More Qulting


Hi there,
I had a good week, ploughing on with lots of quilting.
Last post about the quilting on the Grandmothers fan quilt, I had got to the pale green border and had started adding some flowers.



I am using a Gutermann sulky varigated thread for the flowers and just a matching  machine quilting thread ( from Empress Mills) for the background pebbling.


 I'm free motion quilting this on my domestic machine and using a Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 wadding - one layer..



 Onto the outer borders now and I decided to do random, continuous feathers with swirly bits.



                                                                   Back of the quilt


 Front - I was going to scallop the edges but have decided not to cut into the feathers.  Instead I think I will just round the corners off.








Apologies for the flurry of photos in this post. I'm really pleased  with how this quilt has turned out. When I was piecing it, I had planned to put appliqued hummingbirds in the border but they didn't look right.
Without them I thought the quilt was a bit plain and lacking something but I'm so happy the quilting has brought it to life and I have an unexpected bonus in the form of my hummingbird wall hanging - another unplanned project that just happened.   The embroidery is finished on that, it is off the roller frame and today I will be making a pieced border for it.
Also yesterday, I got DH to put my machine back on the Gracie frame so I spent last night 'playing'.
I'll show you some of that in a future post.
Happy stitching til next time
Rhianon.

Sunday, 30 June 2013

A Little Mug Rug and a New Quilt Started!


Hi everyone

I've had a busy week, flitting from project to project.
First up I made this mug rug as a farewell gift for my daughter's teacher.


Teamed with a pretty bone china cup..... her teacher loved it!
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Mug rug measures 5" x 10"


As I am nearing the end of 2 major projects, I decided to start another.


I've always wanted to make a Grandmother's fan quilt.......


I had fun playing with different layouts.  I used 6 fat quarters to make 30 x 8.5" blocks, not including the background fabric.



This is the layout for the center section that I have decided on.
Now to work on the borders - I have already done the artwork and I hope to show you progress in my next post.
Until then, happy stitchin'
Rhianon.


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