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.

Champagne Feathers.

Hi there.

First off, I'd like to say welcome and thank you to my new followers.  I've gained quite a few this week, which I am delighted about.
Another post so soon but I just couldn't resist sharing this with you.  I've been working on it for the last 3 nights.

It's my very first wholecloth worked on this gorgeous champagne satin.  I think it looks like a bit of foil and reminds me of a Quality Street sweetie wrapper !

I worked fancy feathers with swirly off shoots.

I was going to do outline quilting in the background but decided on good old stippling instead.

The binding is also satin - tricky to work with to say the least but worth the effort.

This is the fabric I used for the binding.  It is genuine 1970's satin.  I got it from a lady on ebay who was clearingout her aunt's things.  She was a dressmaker in the 60/70's.   I have about 3 metres and it was an absolute find.   I'm debating what to do with the rest of it now.  Can I piece a quilt from satin  ? .......   mmmm don't know about that - it's very slippery to work with and cutting the binding wasn't easy.

I used 3 different sized bowls for the uneven scalloped edge.  I wanted it to look a bit lopsided and for the scallops to be different sizes but I think it could have been more pronounced.  Still, not bad for a first attempt at scalloping.

I'm going to put this in my bedroom on a red wall  ( a muted red , not a bright cherry red) - I think it will look nice there.

Anyway , after a week of machine quilting , I feel the need to go and do some piecing now..
Have a great weekend everyone.
See you all next time.
Rhianon.