Oriental Table Runner

I made a table runner out of some rectangles I picked up at a stash sale.  There were six made.  In the bag was some Dupioni silk and a few cotton rectangles.  One mans junk is another mans treasure.  I added some of my own fabrics to get the length I wanted.

I was looking through my stash for some Oriental type prints and found the pink one.  It was a perfect size for the table runner in width but was just short about five inches.  I added some stripes and now I have a reversible table runner. I am pretty pleased with how it came out.

For the quilting I did a butterfly pattern with swirls in between each butterfly.  Sadly, you really cant see the design since the print is busy but it was good practice.

I am linking up to Sew Fresh Quilts.  There is a big giveaway going on over there.  Go check it out and join in!

August 11: Scrap Quilting

These are a few, ah hem, of my scraps...  I might have just a bit more.  Yes, I am scrap crazy.  I was scrap crazy when scrap crazy wasn't cool.  I have always loved a scrap quilt, especially paired with white.  It really is what quilting is about for me.  It makes me think of older quilts.  Scraps of shirts, feed sacks, whatever.

There are a number of scrap quilts I have made and a number of them I want to make.  Here is the ones I have made.



 




Here is one in progress:


Here is the one I think I will make next:

Lake View Quilters Guild

Or in this color way.

Source:  Spring Water Designs

Easy Street Finale

If I were to rename this quilt mystery extravaganza, I would not call it Easy Street.  I might call it What a Humdinger or Every Which Way But Loose or something... Not Easy Street.  I saw this with all do respect Bonnie.  It was a lot of work, I am not whining I am stating fact. THe piecing was fairly easy, the only thing that would be a challenge is the flying geese.

I told a friend of mine that my feelings about this quilt go something like this.

I am angry at it because it took away time from Christmas preparations and then Brthday preparations.

I am happy with it because it is done.

I am sad that I didnt pick more contrasty colors. Because I didnt know.  There are jsut some thing si would have done different.

I am grateful to have learned some new things and gotten over my fear of flying geese.

I have an overall bittersweet feeling that it all ended.  Meeting my quilting peeps on Facebook to discuss the quilt. And missing the surprise of seeing what is next.

In the end, I like the quilt. It is growing on me every time I look at it.  And I actually will save the pattern because I may make it again.  I never would have thought I would say that.  But I would love to make it as a scrap quilt with much more contrast and do it the way I want to do it.  I mean no offense to Bonnie but we all have our own way of doing things. I never follow a recipe exactly like it states, why should I follow a pattern?

In the end I think I am going to name it Zazzle Electric because it seems to have so much movement to me it is almost like nervous energy.

The adventure was fun, thank you to all who participated with me and to Bonnie for setting it all up.