what I made in January

I sewed and sewed and sewed in January but I only have one thing to show for it.

Basically, I sewed a huge amount of scraps together, added some black sashings in an unusual way, quilted it, bound it, labelled it and called it done. I've explained it in just a few words but it took me ages to sew because I had to figure out how to make it so that I could get the black bits to match up properly. I personally think it's fabulous but then I might be slightly biased! 😃

Here's the quilt:

The back is the last of the grey squiggly fleeces I bought in the Asda sale a couple of years ago. I'm sad that they're finished - I'm keeping my eyes open for more bargains like those!

I quilted this on the black sashings using the serpentine stitch on my sewing machine using a rainbow coloured thread on the top and in the bobbin. It stands out so well against the black.

The best thing about this quilt is I managed to use up a lot of scraps - but not nearly as many as I hoped I would! Even more importantly, I enjoyed myself. Isn't that why we do hobbies? If not, it should be!!

Needless to say, I'm already knee-deep in another quilt and hope to get that finished soon.