Welcome to the weekly hand stitching party!
Don't stand too close to me at the party though because I've been sick with the annual winter virus with inflammation in the nose, throat and lungs. A new game we've played since 2020 is called "guess what I'm sick with"! Who knows if it's covid, influenza, a head cold with a sinus infection or perhaps pneumonia? It feels similar to when I had covid, even though I had the vaccine in November, and the covid test was negative, so it's anyone's guess. Perhaps it doesn't really matter since I haven't left the house since Tuesday, so I haven't spread my nasty germs to others.
I have spent the time in bed hand stitching the bindings on two baby quilts. They have kept me company while resting, drinking tea, watching flosstube, and taking tylenol.
Each baby quilt has a different design which I will show in a post next week (once the parents have received them). And I quilted them differently. One quilt has a free motion quilting design and one has a straight line grid. But they both have the same backing fabric which is one of my favourite prints of all time - Tula Pink's Fairy Dust.
Here is a photo of my preferred tools for stitching a binding. I like the Clover black gold applique needles. The dark colour makes them easy to find in my needle book, they are sharp and narrow for easy piercing of the fabric. They are a bit challenging to thread because the eye is small, but not small enough to deter me from using these needles. And of course my favourite Aurifil thread 50 wt, a pair of snips, and a sturdy thimble.I hope you all are well and able to get some stitches into your projects this week. Please link up your blog post below and share your slow stitching with us.
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