Having finished my Owl and Hare Hollow quilt I decided my next project should be a UFO which I think has been sitting quietly in the corner since February 2020!! It’s hopefully a fairly quick finish as it’s just a table runner. The little embroideries were from a free SAL by Hugs and Kisses, thinking about it February 2020 is when my mum died, so that’s probably why it got tidied away and forgotten about. Last week I was having a bit of a tidy in my sewing room and decided to investigate a bag in the corner, I found this project and an unfinished quilt for the care-leavers charity.

I’d started quilting it with perle thread but I couldn’t find the same colour so I’m using two threads of DMC which seems to be looking very similar. It’s very simple quilting with just straight lines across and then along the runner.

As the runner had been rolled up for around five years it was no longer sandwiched neatly. I separated the layers as far as I could, resprayed with 505 and smoothed it was best I could. It’s not perfect but it’s better than it was. It’s a polyester wadding so I don’t even feel I can lightly press it.

I quilted two rows last night, it’s not going to win any prizes as the lines are not very straight, but at least it will be finished.

Hand Quilt Along Links

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

Kathy, Margaret, Deb, Sharon, Karrin, Daisy, and Laura