The table runner is finished.

I’m sure you are thinking haven’t I seen this table runner before? What wasn’t finished on it then?

Three things.

1 – I had to decide if I was going to do the raw edge applique.
2 – I found a strip which did not get caught and it needed to be repaired.
3 – It needed a label.

I choose to skip the applique because if I use this on the table, I want dishes to sit flat. That and generally speaking applique is not something I do.

The repair took a bit of thought. I came up with a solution, which although is visible to me, shouldn’t really be visible to anyone else — especially if I’ve got the table set on top of it.

The label I printed a label and then ‘bound’ it with the backing fabric. A bit of sticky fusible to hold it in place while I hand stitched it down.

This project is done!

The jacket is finished. I used most of a jelly roll and charm pack of Decadent Victorian which I purchased a couple of years ago.

I finished up this hand appliqué top Sunday evening. It was early enough that I could have sandwiched it and started quilting it. But what to use for the backing and batting? Most of my batting is Warm and Natural, but I wanted white batting for this quilt. As for the backing, I had no idea, so I left the top hanging on my shelves.

This evening I came into my sewing room with the intention of piecing something. But the little quilt top keep calling to me. After all it’s only 26” square, how long can it possibly take to quilt it? I still had to figure out what to use for the batting and backing.

I dug through my stash. Most of it’s FQs. I thought about piecing the backing from my pink stash, but I like those pink fabrics and don’t want to ‘waste’ them on the back of a wall hanging. Finally, I decided to dig though my novelty prints. Found a 2 yard piece of a bright yellow I originally bought to use for a swap and decided against using. Perfect. Who says the backing needs to match the front of the quilt?

Oh, and the batting? I have some fusible batting I bought to make some bags and didn’t use.

I’ve just put the final stitches in my latest UFO, moving to the Completed List. Alas, I can’t show a picture here, as it’s the mystery quilt for a retreat in April.

Back to piecing now. Probably blocks from Kansas Spirit.

I’ve finished my first UFO of the year. This baby quilt is headed to my manager and her 8th month old. Now to figure out what to work on next. It’s not like I don’t have a ton of quilt tops needing to be quilted, or tops that needed to be completed.

Pam