I finished the very last of my quilt show boutique table runners last week. I am done!!!!!! Off to sewing for myself and finishing a couple of fall items that were left in the dust this last month or so.
This little beauty is Candy Cane Twirl. Not for the faint of heart for sure. All those points and joints just waiting for a seam that is one thread width off to cut them off or cause a gap. I got this first one done, and thought should I attempt number two.The second block is always easier than the first. It is 20" by 36", I skipped a third one. Not enough Christmas scraps to do the third one. Love it, off to the quilter tomorrow, goes on the Christmas table this year. I had an interesting issue with quilting this table runner I was doing for my quilt guild's quilt show boutique. The white border fabric became a major quilting issue for me. The white dots are a rubbery material. While running a serpentine stitch through them I was leaving puncture holes and breaking the thread. Cute fabric, but a complete failure to quilt on it. I ended up scrapping the entire runner along with another using that same fabric. Yes, I did try a couple sizes of different needles, no success, and impressions did not iron out and marks at the needle entry do not go away. Word of warning, pay attention in the future that I do not buy fabric with this type of material.
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