Crazy Squares Table Runner – Finished!

I shared my first 2015 project with you a few weeks ago, the Crazy Squares Table Runner, and now I’ve finally finished it!

Talk about crazy  – bright colors, intense paper piecing and variegated threads.

The pattern was a bit vague about how to align the blocks, but I decided to put them together in blocks of four, alternating the solid and stripe center fabrics. Why not add a little order to the intensity?
For small projects, I like to baste using my regular straight pins and pinmoors.  They’re much more efficient and don’t make my fingers hurt like safety pins sometimes do.

On my search for a quilting thread, I found a variegated thread at Jo-Anns that I thought looked fabulous with the fabric.  The colors worked but I had a lot of problems with threads pulling and breaking.  So much frustration!

Lesson learned:  Stick to Aurifil.  NO exceptions!

I was able to get it finished and photographed last week, just days before movers came to pack us up for our move to Japan. I can’t wait to put it out in our new home!

I hope you’re all having a fabulous week – love you all!