Another thing I made while on my quilting retreat was this table runner. I had a lot of fun with this one and conquered one of my quilting fears. I have never sewn half square triangles before, but I had a lot of fun doing this. The runner is made up of 3 blocks of the star and I made a rough sketch of how I wanted this table runner to look and it worked out exactly how I had drawn it on graph paper. I am pretty pleased with myself.
I have already started quilting the stars, but I am a little bit lost on how to do the border, any ideas? I did have a go at free motion quilting on a scrap bit of fabric, and all I can say is it was an absolute complete disaster, so I will not be doing any free motion quilting! I think I will need to take a class! so if anyone has any suggestions then please let me know.
Yesterday I checked the mail and was pleasantly surprised to find that my swap package had arrived from Cindy who blogs over at Adventures of the Singing Quilter . I had seen the pouch she sent me on Flickr and had instantly secretly wanted it to be mine, but never thought for one minute it would be. I absolutely love it and I also received as my local item a beautiful handmade tag and also a fat quarter. The scraps Cindy set are all gorgeous too. I am one lucky swap partner.
I love it.
ReplyDeleteIt's vibrant and Christmassy and just what you need in this dull, dank weather.
Loving all your new quilting work Sam......you've definitely found a new talent, they are all amazing :) Wish I could work my sewing machine!!!
ReplyDeleteHope you are well and looking forward to Christmas x
Jenny xx
Don't you just love it when something turns out exactly as you imagined it! Diamonds in the border for the quilting?
ReplyDeleteI am SO happy that you loved your package!! That just makes my day! :) and your stars...WOW!! They are GREAT!! I am a big fan of straight line quilting, so maybe that in the borders would work? I hope you had a great day!!! Mine sure was thanks to such nice comments!! :)
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