At the last quilting meeting I cracked on with my Raggedy Ruff kit. I started this over twelve months ago when I was doing the declutter challenge. I completed half of it then, so I decided to do the other half for this years challenge. Last time I posted about it at the end of January I had just finished the background. This was my progress photo with the other half..

I love the backgrounds of the Raggedy Ruff designs, they’re interesting without dominating the quilt.

Over the last month I cut out the applique shapes and started the machine embroidery. After a couple of meetings and a couple of evenings, I managed to finish the left hand side I’m pretty pleased with it. Obviously it’s not perfect, it certainly doesn’t measure up to close scrutiny, but the overall effect is fine…

As you can see I immediately stitched it to the left hand side and sandwiched it with some fabric from my stash which works perfectly as its purple and gold colour. I’ve just got to decide how to quilt it now. I’m thinking of using the thread in the photo which seems to incorporate all the background shades. In the pattern photos, the quilting is quite dense with a double flame design, I’m wondering about a more leafy design, or I might just do a meander. I think I need to doodle on the paper pattern first