It feels so great to finish a project.
I started this project well before quarantine. My friend posted a photo of a decorative item she and her bf had brought home from Japan. Shortly thereafter, I saw a bundle of fat quarters at the grocery store, of all places, and I thought the colors looks like they coordinated.
I decided to sew up a table topper for my friend.
Not long after, she announced that she was engaged to the bf, so then I thought I would send it as an engagement gift. I had a pattern that I had sewn before, and started cutting and did some sewing.
Then, it got put aside.
Then came Covid & quarantine came and there was plenty of time to sew.
I started back working on this project and I was so shocked to see how big the finished project would be. I had barely enough fabric and not enough to follow the pattern for layout, I used every bit of fabric that I had and rearranged the blocks to make it all work.
I used a fancy stitch on some of the quilting around the middle hexagon.
I always like this fancy stitching looks, just a little bit special.
I didn't know what to do for a backing, but found this yardage in my stash.
I thought the table topper might be kinda, sorta reversible.
A local quilt shop ran a special on these little wooden tags during Covid, I ordered a few.
A nice finish.
I had just enough scrap to piece together the binding. Almost zero waste.
Well, here we are at least 6 months later and now they have announced that they are getting married in early September, so I'm just in time to send it as a gift.
This is the inspiration piece, I'm not sure my fabric really does coordinate afterall.
So it goes.
160 days of Safer at Home
Peace
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