Rhonda Bracey: At Random

Someone spent a lot of time making blocks from tiny scraps — the finished squares were only about 1″. How to quilt it? As usual I started by stitching in the ditch around the main blocks and borders. Then I decided to do something simple because the scrap fabrics were so ‘busy’ — I free-motion stitched lines through the centre of each row of squares, in a checkboard pattern. I didn’t use a ruler, but even with wonky lines, the illusion is of straight lines. I left the sashing strips unquilted and did a line of straight stitching (this time with a ruler) in the border, a half inch from the seam line.

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Threads used:

• Top: Fil-Tec Glide ‘Navy’ (40 wt, trilobal polyester, colour 32965)
• Bottom: Fil-Tec Magna Glide Classic pre-wound bobbin (black)