Oriental Lantern Quilt

Hi everyone.   Today I am pleased to say I have my first major finish of the year.

I made this quilt as a gift for my brother and sister in law.  My brother is an ex-Navy man who has a large collection of tattoos.  He has a lot of Japanese designs - large geisha on his back surrounded by cherry blossom, Koi carps etc.   My sister in law loves to cross stitch and has worked a couple of beautiful geisha designs.  So when it came to designing a quilt for them it was quite easy.

I used the lantern block and went with quite an autumnal colour scheme.

I actually worked the center of the quilt a year ago and it has hung in my workroom ever since.

I found this lovely Geisha themed fabric online for an incredible £2 a metre.  Gotta love a bargain and it was absolutely perfect for this quilt.

I machine quilted it all over.  A simple meandering in the centre with feathers in the border and some pebbling.  Although my machine quilting is far from perfect, I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.

Close up

Back of the quilt.

Now I just have to figure out how I'm going to dry it after washing.

I took it outside to get a final picture of it but this winter weather is no good at all for taking good shots.
Roll on the spring/summer!
Anyway I hope my brother and sister in law love their quilt - good things come to those who wait!!! 

Today I'm linking this post to Kirsty Lou's Creations, who is very kindly hosting this weeks TGIFF party.  Why not take a minute and head on over there for a wee peak at what everyone else has been up to.

http://kristylouscreations.blogspot.com/2012/01/tgiff-is-here.html

Thanks for visiting,  hope you all have a great weekend!!
See you next time.
Rhianon.