Harlequin Points

A while back (summer 2014) I started putting together some New York Beauty blocks and some Mariners compass blocks.  Well I finally got them all put together and made into a wall hanging.  I called it Harlequin Points.
You can read about the piecing of the blocks in this previous post.

 It was quilted on my Gracie frame with the Janome 1600P, just before I got my Q'nique.
I used one layer of Hobbs Heirloom wadding.

 Off to a good start here with the outer borders.

I enjoyed quilting this and it was quite a challenge with all those seams.  Very bumpy in places !

 Lots of thread changes made this quite slow work.......

Apologies for so many photos in one post but I hope you enjoyed looking at them.

Back soon with more quilty stuff!

Rhianon.

Breakfast at Tiffanys - a lap quilt.

Hello quilty people
I've been working on a new quilt this week.  Its an unplanned project that started with a Moda charm pack called "Breakfast at Tiffanys".  I only had one pack that was gifted to me by a friend.
I started with a disappearing 9 patch center and took it from there.

 I'm using bondaweb to do my applique.....

 Prairie points in the corners ?  Yes, why not!

 Big open spaces for quilting ?  Yes definitely!!

 For the first time I'm using a blanket stitch on my machine (Janome XL 601) and I really like how it turned out.
Usually I use a close together zig zag stitch.

 The variegated Gutermanns give a nice effect,

 Adding borders.....

 For the background fill I'm doing (or trying to do) a McTavishing with pebbles.

 There's a bit of fullness going on in the center here - I knew I shouldn't have trusted pre cut fabric but I will just have to deal with it as best I can.  Its all good experience for me.

So that is the story so far.  Hoping to get this finished next week - fingers crossed :)

Thanks for visiting.

Rhianon.

Sapphire Stars Quilt - Part 2, The Quilting.

Almost a year ago I pieced this quilt : Sapphire Stars.

You can see the original post here.  I also did a tutorial for the Wonky Star block. Click here to see it.
Anyway, back to the quilt.  I decided it was time for this to be quilted.  So with my Janome (1600p) back on the frame - I loaded this up.

 Started with some feathers in the outer border.........

                                              Very happy with how these turned out.

                                                            Next, onto the flying geese.

                         My workroom faces east so gets all the early morning sunshine - love it!

This is my 5th quilt on the frame.
Here are my frame worked quilts so far....

                                                                              No 1

                                                                           No 2

                                                                             No 3

                                                                             No 4
Looking forward to adding No 5 to the list !

Hope you all have a great Easter weekend.
Happy Stitchin'
Rhianon