Today is my turn to show you what I made for the 'Put a little love in your quilt' blog hop. A very big thank you to Carol from Just Let Me Quilt for organising the hop. I love blog hops as it's a chance to see what everyone is making and to visit some new blogs. I love discovering new blogs to visit and making new friends.
For the hop I chose a small project to make as work has been very busy since the beginning of the year. This proved a very good move as for the last two weeks many of my colleagues have been off sick with flu. The resulting extra work has left me too tired to do a lot of sewing but I managed to complete my project.
I decided to make a table topper for my coffee table that I could use to celebrate Valentine's day. I have a table runner for my dinning table which I made a while back and this little candle mat that is my only attempt at paper piecing.
My coffee table is hexagonal and the table topper I usually use is made in a hexagonal shape using hexagons. I decided to stick with the hexagonal shape but this time to use applique. This Christmas I was given a Fat Quarter bundle of Christmas fabric which had two pieces with hearts on the pattern. Using these and a plain white background it was easy to get the project going. I machine appliqued the hearts to the background using a blanket stitch. The quilting was a small meander and the binding is machine stitched to the front and hand stitched at the back. The mitred corners were a little taxing!
I'm happy with my new table topper and in fact I can use it as a centre piece for my dinning table as well as on the coffee table.
Now you need to pop over to the rest of today's participants and discover what they have made. I can't wait to sit down this evening with a cup of tea and go visiting.
February 8
Thank you for visiting today, please do come back soon. There will be no stitching this weekend as Lucy and I will be at camp with our Guide unit. The girls are hoping it will snow and we are hoping the temperature will stay above freezing.
Take Care
Lyndsey
