I started these when I was doing my Christmas projects but ran out of 100% cotton. They were meant for us so I wasn’t in a big hurry to get them done. When I got at them again I decided to try a new finishing technique that I learned from someone in the Guild.

Rather than sew the bowls wrong sides together and turn them I added a binding. Once I had the binding stitched to the outside of the bowls and turned it to the inside I used stitch-in-the-ditch to attach the binding to the inside.

I’m not sure it was any faster to do it this way but I like the way they finished. I think having both the binding and the inside the same colour helped to hide the stitching.

I don’t know when I’ll next make a set of these but I’ll use this binding method again.

For my birthday in 2019 Deloise gave me a Farmer’s Daughter layer cake and a Recipe Mix to use with it. I started the top that year when Stacia, Deloise and I had a sewing retreat at Stacia’s cabin. The top and two table runners were finished in 2020 but none of them got any further than the sandwiching stage until late 2025 when I quilted the table runners.

As part of my determination to actually finish something and clear out some bins I pulled the quilt out and started quilting. I wish I hadn’t let it sit for so long unfinished; it was my first finish of 2026.

Because of the memories the quilt brings to me I’m going to keep it for myself.