My Big Fat Gypsy Feathers!

Hello everyone.

I hope you've had a good week.  My finish today is a quilted wholecloth.......

I used a pre-dyed fat quarter of 100% Egyptian cotton and Hobbs heirloom 80/20 wadding.

If you are wondering why I've called this post My Big Fat Gypsy Feathers, it is becasue I took my inspiration for the fancy feathers from a TV programme called My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.  The opening credits had a beautiful swirly design which I photographed with my phone. 

The lay out and the flower are all my own design.

I used a white Clover marking pen to draw the flowers and placed them first.....

After all the flowers were worked, I added the feathers.

It was quilted on my little domestic machine.

I experimented with some metallic threads on the yellow parts which were a bit wirey but I did like the effect.

Initially I was going to embellish the edging with some 3D flowers but decided against it. I didn't want to over work it so knowing when to stop is a good thing.  Plus I thought the 3D flowers would distract from the main design.

I wasn't going to enter this month's Free Motion Quilting Challenge as I thought there were too many feathers, but a few people have told me it still counts becasue of the flowers and background.  so I think I will enter it.

I'm also linking up with Fiona from Finding Fifth, who is this week's TGIFF hostess.  There are already a few lovely finishes there so head on over and take a look.

Today I'm going to be working on a thank you gift for someone so til the next time...

Happy Sewing!
Rhianon.