Had a pretty hard week at work so I didn’t do any quilting in the evenings. Did start some knitting though. Last weekend I discovered a new-to-me wool shop in the next town to us. Came out with some lovely lilac wool to knit a sleeveless pullover. I did make a start on that. Will have to get the photographer to take some photos of that too. He tends to just think quilts 
Yesterday the weather was awful – rain most of the day – so we continued the big sort out in the cellar cupboards. But I did find some time in the afternoon to start tacking the quilt sandwich together. There is already so much machine sewing on the quilt top that I decided to be brave and hand quilt the sandwich. Otherwise I felt it would have too much machining on it. Hand quilting is also a good thing to keep warm under in the winter evenings!
So here’s some photos of me doing the tacking:
As you can see I have added some gauzey bits to emphasize the underlying colour burst. They will be attached with the hand quilting.
I’ve also bought some more bugle beads, which will also end up on the quilt.
