Redwork Table Runner & Gi's "Big Girl" Quilt




This is a gift for my mom that Georgia and I have been working on this week - inspired by red work embroidery, and a favorite piece of red flannel that was retired from the closet. As with all my projects,it received a none-too-gentle wash and tumble dry last night and came out relatively unscathed. A few minutes with needle and thread reinforced two parts of the binding, but compared to previous projects I think I finally can see the day when those last minute reinforcements may be a thing of the past!

On the sewing table now: a baby quilt/wall hanging for the nursery - it will have a matching valence and also match Gi's "big girl" quilt, so that when the girls share a room everything works nicely together (the commercial nursery set will be looking for a hew home on e-bay). I'm not sure if I ever posted pics of her big girl quilt...lots of deep pinks and maroons along with khaki sashing and backing, with a few appliqued flowers from the same deep maroon batik fabric (I used a zig zag stich and fusible web for those, and so far it's holding up well). The 15 squares in this quilt were all made as part of Sew Mama Sew's Quilt Along month. Not sure what hormones made me switch gears into a full time seamstress, but I'm enjoying myself...


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Posted: Mon - March 10, 2008 at 10:45 AM        

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