Wedding Anniversary Cushion.

My sister in law Jackie and her husband Colin will be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary very soon so I thought I would make a little something to mark the occasion.

Fun to make and turned out pretty nice.  Jackie and Colin loved it!
Back to the sewing now.......

Star Gazing by the Glenrothes Quilters

September and it is time for the Scottish Quilt Championships.
This year my quilt group decided to do a combined effort and enter the show for the very first time.  Its always good to support your local show after all if nobody enters, then there will be no show.

We decided to go with the theme of batik stars on a black background. Everybody was given the same black fabric and had the freedom to choose whatever colour/design of batik fabric that they fancied.
The stars could be any size as long as they were divisible by 2.

All the ladies made a star block and some flying geese border units, except for me. My job was putting it together and then doing the quilting.
I'm very happy to say the fruits of our labour brought us a second place ribbon in the group quilt category.

Here it is hanging in the show. The lighting was not the best but hopefully you will enjoy the photos I took during the quilting process.
I used Glide thread and black Hobbs 80/20.

I will be back at the show tomorrow and will take lots of photos of the other entries, so look out for another blog post very soon.
It was a good show with an amazing array of beautiful workmanship on display.
Back again very soon.
Enjoy your weekend and thank you for visiting my blog today .

Customer Quilting - Felt Coins, Feathers, and Tumblers.

I've been busy at the moment with customer quilts and last week was a very enjoyable.

First up was this lovely tumbler quilt made by Gail.

It is all batiks and I used a dark gold Glide thread which looked good on the darker coloured tumblers and also on the lighter ones.

Gail wanted an all over pattern that was not too dense. This design is by Angela Huffman. ( You Tube)

 I thought it was perfect. So much fun to do and it creates a lovely texture on the top of the quilt.
The wadding was Hobbs Heirloom, one layer.

                                                                  Back view.

 Next up was a pair of linen cushion covers made by Alison.  The felt coins were gifted to her by an American friend and this is what she did with them.  I think they are fab!..

 I did a little drawing and came up with a quilting design, I marked the spine of the feathers and measured certain points to make sure the feathers had a uniform look to them. I wanted them to frame the coins.

 Freehand feathers.....love them!
 My first time quilting on linen I have to say it really does have a luxurious feel to it.

These are ready to be made into cushions now. Looking forward to seeing them all finished.

The back of the work.

That's all for just now but I do have a lot on the go so more soon!
Thanks for visiting today.
Rhianon.

Dragonfly Table Mats

This is the latest commission I have been working on.  A set of 4 table mats.
The brief was something with dragonflies in blues, greens and purples.

First off I had to think of a design and how I was going to work the dragonflies.   I found this little block called Buttercup.  I really like it and may have to do a quilt at a later date.

 I searched for some dragonfly fabric and found some online that was just what I wanted. Thankfully at £16 per metre I only needed a small amount!   Simple squares frame the mats nicely.

I fussy cut the dragonflies and appliqed them with Bondaweb.  Two turquoise and two purple.
Onto the frame for quilting...... using one layer Hobbs 80/20 and Glide threads.
Oh and yes I did pre-wash all the dark colours - didn't want to risk the colours running into the cream.

 All freehand quilting.

 Purple binding to finish.

All done and these will be heading to their new home in Canada.  My client is over the moon with them as they are a gift for her Mum.
Next up, I am working on my quilt group's quilt.  It was made by all of us and I am doing the quilting.  It will be entered into the Scottish Quilt Championships and it is our way of supporting  our local show.
Here is a wee sneaky peek

I have almost finished that and next up I have some lovely customer quilts to do, including 4 linen cushion covers.  I have free reign to do as I wish on all of them.   I cannot wait to get started!!!

Thanks for visiting my blog today. until the next time, happy sewing.........
Rhianon.