I love the smell of batiks when you iron them! ... it is just an added joy when working on a batik quilt.
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| Stacked Coins It rarely happens that I know how I'm going to do the quilting on a project before I'm done. I usually agonize over how to do the quilting. But I knew exactly how I wanted to quilt this one. And I'm sooooo happy with the quilting. I love the large pebbles in the sashing ... and the waves running the length of the coins. |
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| And I love the back too ... can you tell I'm very taken with this quilt! |
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| The back of the quilt close up. I was very pleasantly surprised when I took the quilt off the quilting frame to find a row of quilted pebbles nicely centered on the strip of coins. It's very difficult to plan this sort of alignment on the grandQuilter. I'm happy for the serendipity! |
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| There were some coins left, so thought some table runners would be nice. As a Gemini, I like versatility. And I liked the idea of two matching long, narrow runners. Twins, you know. Use them together. Use them separately. They are each 6x48. |
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| I have some low bookcases on either side of the fireplace. They look great on them. Maybe that's what gave me the idea to do long, narrow runners. I think I'm going to have to make myself a set of these runners! |
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| There were enough coins for another table runner. This one has more traditional dimensions, 10x36. |
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| This beautiful quilt ... and the table runners (that look so good in my house!) are in my Etsy shop for purchase. https://www.etsy.com/listing/122194520/contemporary-batik-throw-lap-quilt-soft https://www.etsy.com/listing/122196718/versatile-matched-pair-narrow-batik https://www.etsy.com/listing/122198727/contemporary-batik-table-runner-or |