This morning I finished up my wonky star table runner. It took me much longer than I expected because I faffed around for ages handquilting and then unpicking it on the stars. I just couldn’t get an effect that I liked – it didn’t seem to matter which thread or stitch I used, I just didn’t like it and didn’t like the combination with the stippling.

Finally I decided to do very narrow straight line quilting – rows about an eighth of an inch apart from the outside of the stars moving in. I did more rows on the bigger stars than on the small ones. And I absolutely LOVED the effect. I even amazed myself at how straight I could sew!

But….and I guess you knew that there had to be a but…

I’m not entirely happy with the centre squares of the stars, which pouffed up slightly once I’d done the outline quilting. I tried ironing them really well and also handquilted round with transparent threads to try to hold it down a bit. It helped a little, but didn’t solve the problem. I guess the only way round it is to start quilting from the inside out, because I really did the opposite. I don’t know….the blocks were certainly completely flat before I started mucking around with the quilting….has anyone out there had this problem? More to the point, has anyone solved it?

Woteva…

I love the runner. I just hope it turns out to be very washable because it’s going to get pretty heavy use!

Helen

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