Kaffekverna

I bought this kit to make some placemats from Lappedilla while I was in Norway, and decided to make a start on it. It's an AnnAKa pattern, "Kaffekverna" - (translated means Coffee Grinders)......

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 .....firstly, there was lots of chainpiecing - my top tip is to use a medium shade of grey for the piecing, so you don't have to keep changing the thread colour when you are doing lots of projects.....

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.....then there was lots of machine quilting on these, and decorating the placemats with a strip of lace - another top tip is to dab a tiny drop or two of Roxanne's Basting Glue onto the back of the lace and lay it on the top of the placemat - it saves using pins and getting stabbed!!.....

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.....and I've been using this "Pellon" wadding for my tablerunners and bags - this one is fusible, and yet ANOTHER top tip is to iron the pellon to the wrong side of the backing fabric, then lay the runner etc on the top and either spray-baste with 505 spray, or pin-baste, using withever method you prefer (I tend to spray-baste small projects, but you do need a well-ventilated room).

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.....I'd bought a mini-iron from the Chilford Hall Quilt Show last November, and it was perfect for ironing on all the applique pieces.....

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.....I used a blanket stitch and my trusty walking foot. There is a lot of machine applique on these placemats, not something I'm brilliant at, but thought the only way to improve is to practise, practise, practise.....

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