The table runner made with Marcia Derse fabric has been nagging me to get finished. Finally last night I chose this Invisafil thread and changed my bobbin thread and got busy.
I chose the easiest block to ditch quilt first. Can't see the quilting? That's the point with ditch quilting. Of course you can find a couple places where I wandered a little out of the ditch.
The last block was the hardest to find a continuous line of stitching. I had to do a few stops and tie offs to get the whole block finished. I have the binding already cut, so all I need to do now is trim the piece.
The day yesterday started with grocery shopping and PT in the afternoon. I also updated my finishing journal. Usually I have 3 pages, one page for each size group. This year, since I only had 19 tops to carry over into 2026, and the fact that I'm not making as many large quilts (81" or longer on the longest side), I was able to put the medium size and large size on the same page. I would like to get down to 10 or less tops as carryovers for next year.
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Finishing 9 or more tops than you start seems completely doable with discipline….and if you don’t have any squirrels running loose in your house ;-)
Funny (or not) how insistent some projects can be! I like the jumbly blocks in the runner.
Stitching in the ditch is more challenging than you would think it would be! This is going to be a very pretty table runner. Good for you to have that journal. You have made a lot of progress getting your tops quilted.
the M. Derse fabric blocks are so pretty...i think Quilting in the ditch is really hard--the one time I tried it, I had to go really slowly and stay focused. Your blocks look really good...
43 here and overcast -- we will be leaving early for the machine drop off to try to beat any storms coming our way today and they are blasting in highway areas on our way--so hoping to miss those waiting times...hugs, Julierose
You're so right that quilting 'in the ditch' isn't easy. It's so easy to get that 'highway hypnosis' they warn you about in driver's ed. and those stitches just meander away.
The table runner is a festival of shapes and colors and will be a delight on any table.
Maybe rain this afternoon and maybe snow on Sunday.
Hugs!
A gorgeous table runner! I've always admired your wonky cabin blocks. As for tracking quilts, I have my annual books to refer to and my individual "data sheets" for each finish but I do wish someone had suggested a journal approach back when I first started. Oh the things new quilters could/should be exposed to that shape their fabric future.
Day after day, week after weeks, month after months, year after years your dedication to hour love of creating quilts should go down into the Guinness Book of World records !
You are one of those that amaze me with how many quilts you sew in a year, In fact I just mentions quilters like yourself on my last post. I do well to get two or three none in a year, LOL
I thought of doing something like this with the strips that have of all sizes - not cut the same way you have but a variety of width's and then maybe a sashing around each block - just an idea right now to use the strings
The fabrics in your table runner are gorgeous, Wanda! I'm looking forward to seeing the whole thing once it's finished. SID is such thankless quilting, isn't it? I love how it keeps the focus on the fabric and on the piecing, but it always feels like an awful lot of work for quilting that is meant to be invisible. Good luck with your 2026 stitching goals!
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