A little quilting -

On that last round of patches -

Is all it took to finish the Christmas Block Table Topper 6 x 6 - ;))

A close-up of the stitching -

The middle tan and white patches are the ones I stitched "sideways" -
And it was easier to push and pull the narrower strips from side to side -
But I had trouble keeping my horizontal lines straight -
So I'm calling them "organic" - LOL -

And a couple of photos of the back - so you can see the texture -

I'll take some "glamour" shots after I get it bound and labeled -

But the quilting part is DONE -

And I have O Happy Christmas basted and ready to go - ;))

If I can get another top basted -

I can try to keep one "in progress" and one "ready to go" -

Then - if I can do "a little quilting" every day -

Maybe I won't lose my "rhythm" or my quilting mojo -

And I can make a dent in that Mountain To Be Quilted - LOL - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

Last corner -

Before making one last pass around the outer row of patches - ;))

I'm finding my "rhythm" and getting my stitches more even -

And I'm much better at FMQ from left to right than I am from right to left -
the sideways motion is awkward for me - and quilting from right to left tends to bunch everything up under the throat of my machine -

I can push the quilt away from me to sew toward me -
because that's the "normal" direction we all sew -

But I have trouble pulling it toward me to sew "backwards" -
because I can't see where I'm going - LOL -

So I still tend to move the quilt to sew in a more "comfortable" direction -

And I want/need to change that -

I want/need to be able to sew in ALL directions -

So on the last pass around the outer edge I'll try to keep the quilt oriented one way and to change my sewing directions instead -

That last round of patches includes the ones going vertically -
like the white and red patches on the left in the photo above -

So I'll try to sew "sideways" in those as I go around - ;))

This little table topper certainly won't win any awards -

But it's a great little practice piece -

And practice is just that -

Practice -

Right? - LOL - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -