HATCHED IN AFRICA TO THE RESCUE

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A friend took a class that was supposed to be for creating an heirloom lace tablecloth. The participants brought a 45" square of fabric and placed lace in the center square and then sewed it down with a bridging stitch. Then they serged the edges. That was it.

The ladies who attended the class were really upset because they thought they were going to have a nice heirloom tablecloth. My friend was going to throw it out. I told her that she could save it just by adding some designs and lace. She handed it to me and said that she had no desire to do that. So, I cut the fabric from under the lace to make it look prettier and then used Hatched in Africa's "Apricot Blush" designs. I trimmed the serged edges away and added cotton lace with an heirloom stitch and did a border around the inside with omnigram stitches. I love it!

--J.H.