Yes! It's finally finished

The last of the binding's been sewn on, and my scrappy quilt is complete. Phew!

This is the back of it - who doesn't like a nose at the reverse of a quilt to see what fabric's been chosen or what stitches can be seen? Are those stitches straight or wonky?

And two more views of the front.

I also made today's postcard challenge, an applique of a pear. Why a pear? Hmmm, I dunno. The thought of doing it popped into my mind and that's about all the explanation I can give.

I cut a pear shape out of interfacing and sewed strips of fabric on to it, then appliqued the completed pear on to a 6 x 4 inch piece of calico, padding the fruit out with a small amount of polyester wadding. I tidied up the edges and added a few quilting lines, and it was done.

A charity shop browse added another book to my To-Be-Read pile, a copy of Kate Atkinson's 'Transcription'. Always love her fiction. Plus more material for my upcycling stash. A top in a pretty cotton, and this Dunelm table runner. Lots of fabric in this and it's a lovely soothing grey. A very good neutral that I'm bound to find a use for.

The book I'm reading at the moment is Tracey Chevalier's 'A Single Thread', and am enjoying it. Set in the interwar years, it's about Violet, a spinster at 38 whose fiance died in the Great War, along with her brother. She's trying to make a life for herself, not easy in 1930s England when the accepted and acceptable role for a woman of her age was a wife and mother. She struggles to fit in and find her place in the world. One of the 'surplus women', those who didn't find husbands as a whole generation of young men were wiped out in the 14-18 war.

Hopefully I'll finish the book tonight, getting in a few chapters before bed. Have a good evening, won't you?

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