I'm a little bit silly about saving fabric scraps. I save just about every little bit of usable fabric. Usable for me can be as little as 1/2 inch. Does that move me from the silly to the compulsive category? May be so. So be it.
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| Extreme Scrapping Table Runner - Batiks leftover from the Tsunami Quilt http://busybeeno16.blogspot.com/2012/12/tsunami-quilt-descent-into-chaos_26.html |
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| The center squares are done by topstitching (with a decorative stitch) two little scrappy bits together. I do not use a foundation, just slightly overlap the pieces, topstitch, press and trim. It is a technique I developed when I decided I needed to use up all the little bits leftover from the New York Beauty Christmas quilt. http://busybeeno16.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-new-york-beauty-christmas-quilt.html |
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| I thought this would be a great project to try quilting with Perle Cotton. And quilting with my grandmother's crochet thread ... why not? |
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| The back ... and all the hand quilting. |
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| The quilting was all done free form, experimenting with the different threads. |
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| The difference in look of the 10 and 30 wt crochet threads. The 10 wt bedspread weight thread is a bit too heavy and was hard to pull while quilting. But I really like the heavier look of the thread. The Perle Cotton is the easiest to quilt with and also has the heavier thread look. The 30 wt crochet was also easy to pull. |
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