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Less blogging more sewing going on around here...

I finished this second Rainbow Log Cabin quilt and it's in my shop

I used happy bright colours and a bit of low volume to balance it out.

There's lots of fun panels, strawberries and a pot of jam?! So cute!

Another custom order from a dear friend, a bright and bold play mat, backed with soft flannel:

This was not an easy make because I picked the highest loft batting. While this will be great for a baby it was not great for my machine. I attempted quilting and it went horribly wrong. So I had a re-think and after seeing Rebecca's post I decided tacking was the way to go. No way was I going to do fmq when my walking foot couldn't even deal, so I turned to what I love - a bit of hand stitching.

Right back to the making, I have another custom quilt and a yoga bag that need finishing!

Linking up:

Today I've been doing some straight line quilting on my embroidered alphabet quilt using my Aurifil cone. It really works well and it is so easy to set up.

Just make sure you keep the CD spool over to the far right rear of your machine to avoid knocking it over like I did!

I also trimmed my new rainbow log cabin blocks and I like this arrangement:

For both of these quilts I want to use a black and white stripe binding because it works so well and is a great way to showcase the quilt and colours. I found a nice deal on this striped cotton (code PC260-79) from Chawlas - only £4.49 a metre and it is good quality with a nice feel too. * A tip - the website pictures don't necessarily show all the colour options so you need to check the options in the colours selection box. I will let you know how it works for the binding once I've sewn it on.