Cobbler's niece

It is a sad thing that since I began sewing for a living I have found less and less time to sew for myself, for friends and for family.

Once I head up to the house of an evening I rarely venture back down to sew for pleasure.  I am much more likely to be working on a needlepoint or some knitting.

This weekend however I decided to make a present for my youngest niece's 1st birthday which is next week.

I settled on a playmat with a road and fields - partly because I think its really useful and fun - partly because this is the first time I had quilted anything and I wanted lots going on to hide the flaws.

First I appliqued the top with a cord road and linen fields and river - with a few embroidered fish swimming about.

Then I sandwiched in some wadding and a plain red linen back and basically drew with my freehand needle to keep it all together.

 and give it some texture.  I fashioned some bias binding out of more of the red linen and edged the whole thing neatly.

ready for the wooden animals which arrived today.

So now I have 3 whole days to play with it myself before handing it over  . . .

 

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What a lovely thing to make. My mum made a playmat of our farm which we played with for hours. Then my nieces and nephews played with it and finally my boys. It is now threadbare in places but so loved and very special. I hope your niece has hours of fun playing with hers.

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