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.

Tortoise Cushion

I have another finish to show you today - the second custom ordered cushion.

                                                     This time I went with a tortoise theme.

After I'd found this cute nursery Noah's Ark fabric, I decided to recreate the tortoise -this is my drawing.

I used my favourite method of applique - bondaweb followed by machine stitching.......

.........added the lettering and a couple of borders and it was ready to quilt.

After quilting, I thought the center block looked a little bare so I added some flowers.

The flowers were ready made, crocheted in cotton and I embroidered the stems with stranded cottons.

Here it is with the ruffle sewn down and just awaiting it's soft fleece backing.

Finished!

Hope you have all had a great weekend celebrating International Quilting Day.

Be back soon with more quilty stuff!

Rhianon.

Quilted Bags

I had a bit of a bag making frenzy last week, thanks to Jenny Doan from the Missourri Star Quilt Co.
I watched Jenny's video and thought it would be great to make one for my Mum for Mother's day.

I've used all batiks for my bags - the blue ones were a Tonga Treats (Coastal) charm pack from The Fat Quarter Shop in the US and the reds were a charm pack I was gifted from Crafts and Quilts here in the UK.

This bag used 12 charms and the bigger one used 24.

I used a spare piece of the handles to make a tab for closing it.  A simple press stud fastener cover by a Suffolk puff just finishes it off nicely I think.

Couldn't resist working some feathers....

These bags have got to be the easiest pattern I've ever done.  If you'd like to make one, you can find Jenny's tutorial here.

I tried my hand at some snow dying this week, it was fun and I'll show you the results in my next post.

Til then

Happy Stitchin'

Rhianon.

Cupcake Cushion

Hello there.
This week I've been working on a pair of commissioned cushions. They are for 2 little girls and I hope they are gonna love them.

The lady who asked me to make them had seen my owl cushion but said I could do something different if I wanted.  Ok then, thinking cap on!

I found this cute cupcake fabric and decided to use that.  I drew the design from the fabric.

Then used Bondaweb to do the applique.

The lettering was put down the same way and it was then ready for quilting.

                                                          Center section completed.

                                                  Big stippling for the outer borders.

                                                             Close up of lettering.

The second cushion is almost complete and I have been working on another couple of small items.

This is the back of one of them...... I'll show you what it is next time and the other cushion.
Enjoy your weekend everyone.
Rhianon.