This is the last patchwork made in 2009. A custom order for a table runner. Love the colours on it. It is Christmas like, but too much Christams in there. It could a nice Valentine or just a stylish red and white table addition. I have made a few table runners with similar look - same pattern, different colours. This is the boldest. The contrast between red and and the whites is really strong and the red vivid. But the white/ecru combo softens it and adds style. The back is burgundy deep red with ecru quilting on it. More pictures on Flickr. A lot actually. I took 100+ pictures and changed most to "private" not to bother people on Flickr... The first time I do it. The table runner will be added to my etsy shop as another custom table runner tomorrow.

It is a small quilt, I think it is the smallest one I have made so far. It is partly inspired by the Improve part in Project Improve. I had to make something without my machine, I needed something nice, nice to make, easy to assemble and different than what I normally would make. So it was easy to make it different - white to replace the colours, scissors to be the cutting tool, needle to replace the machine /no options really here/. I have being keeping some yo-yos for a year so I really wanted to use some of them. I like the clean and simple look of it. It appears to have some serene qualities and I do like serene style in quilts. I call it a successful experiment and have already planed some new ones to match. It is my first quilt made by hand - no single machine stitch here, nor any rotary cutting or any other "modern" help. I used Perle cotton for the quilting and did not quilted too much as I was trying to make it all as as simple as possible. I am still not sure if it would look better with some white quilting on the background. I decided not to add it to keep the texture of the ovals. The quilting is in three different shades of green. Oh, and the label is in orange /of course/.