"Hint of Ocean" is quilted and on my table. The label is not done, so I'll have to whisk it off to sew that on the back. I tried putting a few white shells on it and was not as happy with them as one shell and a piece of driftwood. This glass top table has a strip of black down the middle, making the runner seem longer.
Also, the window screen in the background is discolored by the window blind behind it. The blue is actually the same blue in the runner. I had to leave the blind down due to the blinding sunshine coming in on this lovely summer day!
A few quilters from our church are taking one day a month to quilt together. Right now, there are six of us, but yesterday, only two. (Life happens.)
I started improvising mug rugs with Ricky Tims' "Cave Man" style in mind and wound up with a table runner. My dining room is mostly black, white, with blue ocean scene on the wall and a privacy screen with blue fabric, white leaves that look like flying seagulls, plus a large 'sculpture' of sea gulls landing on pier posts. When the quilt is done and on the table, I should take a picture?
Anyway,
this was fun, easy and now needs sandwiching and quilting. I'll do a
pillowcase flip and quilt it with wavy horizontal lines in black, from
edge to edge.
The
other quilter who joined me for the day is a newbie. She brought her
first quilt, a ragged edge one in flannelette for her granddaughter.
Wow, it is nice. She also made a couple mug rugs while she was here, and
helped me decide the arrangement for my runner.
It was a lovely day!
