A little while back I started a small quilt, maybe it could be called a Crib Quilt 
I used up some smallish pieces from my remnant bins, rather than larger pieces from the shelves.
Of course I have hardly made a dent in the stash LOL, but I had fun choosing from pieces of my very favourite repro’s.
“Hours of innocent pleasure”
Scrappy Sail Boats
The top has been finished for ages but this afternoon I got it on the machine for quilting.
The background was in the shelf stash so that can count as stash busting too can’t it?
I don’t often blog about machine quilting, but on this quilt I’m trying out Precensia Thread for the first time. I prefer not to trial a new thread on a customer quilt so had to wait until I could load one of my own.
It’s a nice fine 50 weight and it is behaving itself…that is no thread breakage, yay.
Feather success
Now for some eye candy of favourite repro’s, plus a ‘ring in’.
The Madder/Gold ombre (top middle sail boat) is one of my very favourite fabrics, I also have it in blue.
Of course there is a piece of RJR Smithsonian fabric, the large scale floral.
The yellow Scrappy Dot (Judie Rothermel from ages ago) is another fave.
I have large pieces of both these fabrics but did only use little cut pieces in this quilt…honest.
And this next one is not actually a repro but I felt it could be used as such, we need to think outside the box in quilt shops.
The one in the top right corner, I think it works.
I have made a start on the quilting and should have it done over the weekend.
But right now it’s Friday night and I’ve knocked off for the day.
I have some hand stitching ready to go, the fire is lit and Escape to the Country is on the telly.
Bliss.
Enjoy your weekend
til soon
Margaret
