This was my September project for sewing with Stacia and Deloise. I picked a relatively easy one and I’m glad I did because by the time our stitching day arrived I had Covid and wasn’t feeling all that well. It took me two days to complete it, which isn’t that unusual for me.

I had a few of the four-patches in my scraps and lots of individual pieces (1.5″) cut. Although it was tedious joining them all together it was a quick finish once they were done. Again, I used a very simple straight line for the quilting.

I was unable to attend the Guild’s Community Quilt day but I knew I had a couple of flimsies that I had made specifically for their donation. I started going through my bins and came up with 19 flimsies waiting to be sandwiched and quilted.

I checked with my kids and grandkids and ended up with 12 that will go back into my bins for sandwiching and quilting. The remaining 7 were picked up yesterday to be sandwiched and quilted by the Guild.

When sewing with Gail we use a bag full of tags for projects we want to tackle. I know that the Rag Quilt was one I added to the mix.

I had bits and pieces of flannel left from other projects; I spent a day at the Guild cutting the fronts and the backs out, as well as going through my batting scraps.

Sewing the sandwiches together went very quickly; even stitching the squares and rows together didn’t take long. The longest time was spent trimming the edges to get the fraying effect after it was washed and dried. I did most of that job on the day we had our 12-hour power outage; I had plenty of light sitting at the kitchen table and snipping. It was a bit hard on the hands but I did it in small batches.

This will be a donation quilt.

I still have plenty of flannel left and if I’d get busy and do some more sandwiching I’d have lots of batting. Since the project was a quick one I’m sure I’ll make another.

This table runner is made from left-over blocks from a Cake Mix Recipe Deloise gave me. The fabric is from the Farmer’s Daughter line; the idea of a Cake Mix is that it is made from 10″ squares which, in the quilting world, are called layer cakes.

I worked on the original quilt and two table runners in 2020; some of the work was done when Stacia, Deloise and I sewed together. My thought was that it was a bit dull but Deloise put it much better – it’s a low volume project.

What I love most about this is the neutral fabric. Can you read any of the writing?

I have no idea why I would have purchased the fabric I used for the backing – paper dolls and cut-outs were never my thing.