Hello Dear Reader,

All quilters have some neglected quilts. You know the ones. They keep being ‘forgotten’ whilst others are made. The quilter will often think to themselves that they must finish this quilt or that quilt and then pretty fabric jumps out of the cupboard and says make something from me. I’ve made other quilts whilst this poor quilt has languished, unloved at the bottom of the cupboard.

I took pity on it today and borrowed some space to lay out and baste the quilt. It’s a very scrappy, scrappy quilt made from all the leftovers of other quilts. I’ve now made so many quilts since I started this that I have other scraps from other quilts and I now have enough to make another scrappy quilt!

The quilting doesn’t take long but there’s only so much I can hold and balance on the table whilst I feed it through a standard machine. I’m sure people who buy a lottery ticket dream of a holiday home, or a fast car but I know that quilters will dream of a free motion quilting machine and frame. I know I do. I need to add ‘save for a free motion quilting machine’ to my dream pile.

I’ll be at this for a few nights, with the radio on and the last of the evening sun. I always stop when the light fades.

Over to you dear quilting readers, admit it, you’ve got ‘forgotten’ quilt tops somewhere that you really need to get basted and quilted. Or is it just me………….I have three quilts, including this one, that need basting and quilting and I’ve set the target of getting them done before I go on holiday!!!

Feel free to give me a verbal kick up the unmentionable to get this done! I want to lay this quilt on the beach and sit on it in seven weeks!!!

Until tomorrow,

Love Froogs xxx