My Teddy rug, RSC light blue sewing.

I know some of you are waiting for it.

Sewing my scraps together to make a rug for a special gift.

All 45 strips are sewn to the batting. I really only needed to make 42. They measure about 45” long. This took a long time.

Now to join them together. This wasn’t as bad as I thought.

I did have to be careful it didn’t curve and distort. Sew one on going up, the next going down. I did them in sets of 6 then joined these together. It was easier to handle as it had some weight.

Now to mark, stitch and cut the shape.

This is getting exciting.

I had to make a chenille piece. My cutter didn’t want to cut so I reverted back to using scissors.

Here it is all sewn up.

And the chenille is all roughed up.

I absolutely love it. Thank you Pauline Rogers  from Pauline’s Quilters World for this wonderful pattern. Watch her on YouTube. I will be making it again.

Linking up with Scrap Happy Saturday , RSC and so scrappy. This month the colour was light blue or green.

Kiwis have a new home. It’s finished and delivered.

 Last months CHOOKSHED challenge is finished and has been delivered to its new home. I have loved doing this big stitch quilting. I can see more in the future. 

I know why Linda . Koshka2quilts makes smaller quilts and hand quilts most of them. They are so manageable. Thanks Linda for the inspiration to give it a go.

It only measure 36” * 39” and used a lot of scraps.

The striped binding works so well.

I used chenille on the back for the first time. It was so soft and fluffy.

When it was washed it came out very different. Maybe needs a real windy day to fluff it up. A lot of the fluff came off and balled up on to the front blocks.

Anyway, here is the difference before washing and after.

Thanks Louise for the Kiwi pattern

Linking up with Anja Quilts