Yellow Strings

 I've been working away on my yellow string baby quilt.  The blocks started like this, a bag of yellow strings of various widths sewn onto a backing of tracing vilene.  The blocks always look much more presentable when they are trimmed.

Yellow string blocks

Then the blocks were stitched together and Gemma decided to check them out.  Mmmm, not too bad, she said.  I always like to make the binding too, at this stage, then I know it is ready and waiting for me.

Gemma the quilt inspector

Next step, layered and safety pinned.  Luckily there was a piece of batting I found that fitted well, plus some wnyceyette (flannel) tucked away in the wardrobe.  I always like to pin my stitching/quilting  rows well, and worked on the quilting steadily throughout the week, using my favourite serpentine stitch.

Quilting time

With the quilting complete, I finished stitching the binding down today.  There, all done, a cheerful little baby quilt which will be sent to a new home sometime.    And I'm pleased that it used up my bag of yellow strips.

All finished

As you know, I'm an avid reader, and recently finished Pure Evil, by Linda La Plante.  It's been a while since I've read any of her books.  This features (new to me)  Det Jack Warr, and certainly was a gripping story - I certainly do enjoy a good detective book, and I'll be looking for more in this series.    I hadn't discovered  the author Tony Parsons before.  Your Neighbours Wife was one of  those hard to put down books, telling the story of the deadly consequences of a long ago one night stand, with an unseen twist in the end.  

Recently enjoyed library books