Silky table runners

I got 2 silky table runners on Monday.  The fabric is from a fabric sample book and the quilter used these to keep herself busy during the lockdown.  I felt scared stiff to work with these, apart from the movement in the fabric, I wasn’t sure what damage the needle would do to the fabric.

I thought I’d have to change to a much thinner needle which obviously meant changing to a thinner thread too.  Furthermore, the backing was way too skimpy and I had to improvise.

The older kids asked me to babysit their newly adopted kitten while they were off to take the oldest granddaughter to see a medical specialist in another city.  This too was such a scary thought with our own cat, 3 dogs and an African grey as apparently this little kitten has somewhat of an attitude towards other pets.

Kitten arrived but we keep her closed off in the downstairs TV room as she is not even impressed seeing the dogs through the glass window but otherwise, she adapted quickly.  Having to sit with her to give some attention I get to watch all the tennis I want.

I had the table runners loaded before kitten got here and while taking breaks from babysitting I worked on these and was pleasantly surprised with the fabric.  It behaved well and I didn’t have to change anything.

The camera on my new phone has all these amazing features that I still know very little about but one I discovered when taking this photo is taking a full picture without me having to climb onto a ladder to get it all.  It simply zooms out.  I think I will use this feature a lot especially when taking photos of quilts.

These measured 16 x 55” and the longer one was 16 x 87”.  The quilter will fetch it this afternoon.