Geisha Panel

This is a printed panel I finished quilting recently. It is called Tea House by Benartex.

I saw it online and thought it would make a nice gift for my brother's birthday. He likes all things oriental.

I used one layer of Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 and quilted it on my Q'nique.

Turned out pretty nice and my brother loved it.

Happy Days!

Allietare Mystery Quilt.

Here is the completion of Allietare, the mystery quilt from Bonnie Hunter.
It is one of my most favourites of Bonnie's mysteries so far. ( Loved Celtic Solstice)

Without further ado here are the remaining clues of the quilt........

....to the reveal.

Putting the blocks together.  

I found a very nice fabric for the outer border in my stash. it has dragonflies on it and has a stained glass look to it and most importantly, the colours were perfect for my quilt.

I made half the amount of units and this gave me a 4 x 4 star layout measuring 72" square.
I only had to make 1 extra star block which took no time and I also have one of the other blocks left over to make into a matching cushion.
This is as far as I have got.  It is ready to go on my frame for quilting.
I plan to make another of these quilts because I love the pattern so much.
If you click here, it will take you to Bonnie's linky party and you can see how everyone else's versions have turned out.   It is quite amazing how different colour schemes can make it look like a completely different quilt.  I love that!
They are all fabulous!
Thank you Bonnie!!!

Allietare, Mystery Quilt 2015

Christmas is fast approaching and that means it's time for Bonnie Hunter's annual mystery quilt.
This will be my fifth mystery quilt of Bonnie's I have done.
This year it is called Allietare and you can find all the information here if you want to join in.
For those of you who follow my blog you will know I adore the quilting process but I love piecing too and doing a Bonnie quilt always helps me become better at this, not to mention that you get a beautiful quilt at the end of it.

As always I like to use whatever is in my stash so these are the colours I have chosen.
I've not strayed too far from Bonnie's choices swapping the golds for green and the reds have a more terracotta feel to them.

Normally I would have used my easy angle ruler to make the HSTs but this time I decided to use a method I have not tried before .  The magic 8.

The tutorial I used gave an update suggesting adding an extra 1/4" to the starting square.  I did this and look at all the excess I had to trim off.  I guess my piecing is more accurate than I think.  what a waste!

Here is my little pile of HSTs all ready to go.  I am making half the amount suggested by Bonnie.
The full sized finished quilt will be too big to fit on my frame.
Every week Bonnie will be doing a link up for everyone doing the mystery.  You can find it here.
its fun to see everyones progress so make sure you visit.

I'm just going to end my post with something else Bonnie -related.  This my tumbler quilt which was the leader and ender challenge for 2015.
I started in July and finished it just before Allietare started. My tumblers finish at 2" in the quilt.

I designed the tumbler flower blocks to frame the main piece.  They are made from appliqued 1 1/2" tumblers with a hexagon in the middle.

Love my tumbler quilt and thank you to Bonnie for another great challenge.
Wonder what it will be next year?
Thanks for visiting my blog today.
Rhainon.

Penelope's Elephant Baby Quilt

Hi there
This is my latest finish.  a baby quilt commissioned by my sister for a friend of ours Sharon who became a Grandma( to Penelope) for the first time last week.
I love making quilts for babies so was very happy to be given free rein with the design.  The brief was new mummy Hollie loves orange and elephants.
Fantastic, orange was not a colour I had a lot of in my stash but luckily I was able to stock up at the quilt show back in September.

 This is my drawing I worked from.

The elephant and balloons are raw edge machine applique and I used bondaweb.

 Prairie points were perfect to frame the little elephant.

 Borders added.....

....and onto the frame for quilting.  I used one layer of Hobbs 80/20

 Love the stripey binding

My gift to the new baby was some crochet. I love making clothes for babies, they're so cute!

This has been a busy month for me. I finished a customer quilt and I'm working on another commission which will be going to the USA.
I WILL be ready to start Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt at the end of the month.
Looking forward to it.
Thanks for visiting my blog today.
Happy sewing til next time
Rhianon.