Saturday, August 27, 2016

TABLE RUNNERS CONTINUED

After almost a month absence from my sewing room, it has been fun to have time to sew again.  
I'm still in the table runner mode in an effort to practice my machine quilting skills.  I quickly made up this pink and brown runner as I have in mind to practice quilting it with cross-hatching.
However, it remains unquilted. 

  I have had a project bubbling in my brain for awhile; and couldn't wait to start it.  For the quilters out there, you know what I mean!

Here are some hints ---
l.  A table runner to use this Fall.
2.  Colors inspired by my great-grandmother's punch bowl.
3. Design inspired by crazy quilts, but done on the machine.
4.  Using fabrics only from my stash/scraps.
Pickard Punch Bowl
Here are some of the fabrics I pulled --
And, a couple sections in progress ---
It may take me awhile, but it is always exhilarating to do something different.

I'm joining the following:
Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making
Cooking Up Quilts for Main Crush Monday
Patchwork Times for Design Wall Monday
What a Hoot Quilts for BOMS Away Monday
Quilt Story for Fabric Tuesday
Sew Fresh Quilts for Let's Bee Social Wednesday
Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday

Sunday, August 14, 2016

QUILTING ONLY IN MY DREAMS

I've been absent from the blog world and my sewing room for two weeks due to a 3000 mile road trip to California.

And, now I have a class reunion with a brunch at our house next weekend.  That means some serious cleaning and cooking this week -- another week without any sewing!

I couldn't stand it any longer so this afternoon I spent 40 minutes pulling out fabric for another table runner.  I was using my Mother's 1940s Franciscan Desert Rose dishes for inspiration.

 Hopefully, the drought in the sewing room will end week after next.

See you soon!

I'm joining the following:
Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making
Cooking Up Quilts for Main Crush Monday
Quilt Story for Fabric Tuesday
Sew Fresh Quilts for Let's Bee Social Wednesday
Busy Hands Quilts for Finished or Not Friday