Gecko Quilt

This is my gecko quilt.
It measures 68" x 86"
I used one layer of Hobbs heirloom 80/20 and it was free motion quilted on my Janome 1600p on the table top.  The flowers were hand painted after quilting :)

Children's Bed Runners.

Hello there,
This week I finished these two bed runners.

They are for twin 6 year old boys.  Duncan likes dinosaurs and Lachlan likes tractors and diggers, hence the feature fabric.

I used my favourite method for applique - bondaweb and kept the design pretty simple.
I didn't want to cut the feature fabric so small that the design was lost.

The quilting was kept simple too.

I enjoyed making these but now its onto something much bigger.
See you all next time.
Rhianon.

Snow Dyed Quilt - Part 2

I got the little quilt finished.  Here it is:

It measures 42" x 47" and unfortunately the light was not at its best the day I took this photo.

I finished doing all the pebbling in the background.....

..... but then to my horror, I discovered you could see the turquoise border through the red butterflies.
Doesn't show up too well in this photo but believe me you could see them.
I had to think of a solution fast.  This is what I came up with:

3 dimensional butterflies !

They were quite easy to make - just used my template cut a bit smaller, to draw around on a piece of folded fabric, right sides together.  After sewing, cut a hole in the back and turn right side out.  They are free motion quilted into position and will NEVER come off!

I finished them off with a crocheted body using funky fur yarn.

We had a bit of brightness this day and the light shows up the true colours of the quilt.

Back to the dull shots now, but they do show up the quilting nicely. BTW, the quilting was done freehand on a Janome 1600 which is not on a frame.

Enjoy the weekend.

Rhianon. :)

Snow Dyed Quilt - Part 1

Last week, after a heavy snowfall I tried snow dyeing some fabrics for the first time.

This is how they turned out.  Walking past them, I thought all the colours looked good together and I couldn't resist doing something with them.  Hadn't planned to start a new quilt, didn't have time to start a new quilt but sometimes you just have to go with the flow!

My original plan was to do pinwheels in the center but I didn't like how they looked so opted for a more random look.

Here I'm making the outer border and trying out the butterfly templates I made.

This was my final placement of the butterflies.

Now for the really fun bit - the quilting!!

FMQ'd on my domestic machine, I worked this loopy clamshell pattern in the center.

It is nearly finished now, just sewing the binding on.  I'll be back to show you the end result soon. 

Oh and its snowing today and I just happened to order new dyes yesterday.

I feel another 'accidental' quilt coming on already!

Enjoy your day :)

Rhianon.