Each year, our quilt guild gives us fabric to make a Christmas gift which we then exchange at our December meeting. For the past several years, we've received fat quarters. But this year, the powers that be decided we would only get ONE 6" square (we could buy extras for $.25 each but I was stubborn.) Anyway, I managed to create this table runner using that square. See the off white tiny square with red and green dots? That's the fabric we were given. I used a D9P pattern.....

Cute runner! I like your stubborn streak. They may think twice before they change the rules in the middle of things next time.

Very nice.

Pretty runner.

You did great! But I wonder what they were thinking about giving only one 6 inch square - that you could make a toothpick holder?

Renee

I love your table runner. More importantly, I like your steadfastness (is that a word?) :lol: :lol:

Does that mean I'm just plain ol' stubborn??? :lol:

There is nothing wrong with being stubborn; when you're RIGHT :)

Great job!

What were you suppose to do with 6"? I mean 6" of fabric!!!!

You did great!! I would have loved to see your brain working, Thinking how do I use this 6" Great table runner!!

Cheers for you using that skimpy 6" square in a very nice runner to meet your Guild's challenge. You really showed the cheapskates who gave it out for the challenge a thing or two. May in Jersey

thats really pretty :D

I like what you have done with your measly six inch square you were given. Geez .. six inches?? You gals need a new head person in that group! This looks like a very cool present for someone's exchange gift. Nice work, sewjoyce!

Joyce the table runner came out great! I am sure whoever gets it will love it. OK, one question, which color was the 6" square?

do you think this was a way for them to stretch the guild money or to make it more of a challenge? was anyone else as annoyed as you were? i can see their faces now.

challenge accepted and won!!! great job :mrgreen:

The 6" fabric was trimmed to 5" and then put in the middle of a D9P block so it would be cut into 4ths. This fabric is the off white squares with red/green dots with little swirls.....

Yeah, they were trying to be cheap this year and the woman in charge said that was why we were getting the 6" square -- to save money. But according to the last Treasurer's report I heard, the guild bank account was doing quite well.... so my question was, why give us anything? :(

in that case, i'm curious. what happens to the guild money? does it go to a charity or something? maybe a daytrip or hiring a teacher for the day?

Let's see -- our quilt guild money goes for "traveling" teachers. We still have to pay to attend any workshop or classes but the teacher will also be at a club meeting to give a lecture. Teachers apparently charge an arm and a leg to come to our podunk city... This month they had Sue Nickels who also taught two one-day classes. (Here is her web site: http://www.quiltingbythelake.com/SueNickels.htm) Money is used to buy things to make the charity quilts (batting and backing normally as each month the BOM is used to make a charity quilt). And then there are the normal expenses such as postage, paper, etc. They also will buy books for the library (which no one seems to use...) We also pay for venues in which to have quilt shows but usually this money is more than repaid since vendors pay us to be there. I'm sure I'm leaving out something important.... :roll: But the good news is that our yearly "dues" are only $15....... :D

i know from other guild members that the teachers are waaaay expensive.

my friends also don't know exactly what happens to the rest of the money that gets taken in. the account seems to perpetuate itself. does the guild provide a yearly balance sheet or something? i'm sure it costs something to rent the space for the meetings and the shows.

That's really clever to make a runner with just those 4 little squares of fabric! They go well with the other fabrics too. Lucky reciepant who ever gets it!

Great job!

Well, it certainly means you are creative! that's great, sewjoyce :D

Great job of turning your square into a beautiful tablerunner.

what size is the finished runner? it looks pretty long from the photo. you sure got your 6" worth! :lol:

Great table runner. They didn't give you much to work with, but you made the best of it and your table runner is wonderful.

Finished runner is 17x48 -- it turned out to be a really odd size :roll: I figured if no one liked it at the Guild, I'd pick it when it was my turn. I know it will fit my table nicely....

WOW :shock: ... you really DID get your 6" worth. i doubt if anybody else did that well

If I can remember, I'll take my camera that night and take pictures of what everyone else did.... :wink:

Boy, challenge is right :lol: :lol: :lol: I think you not only met, but surpassed the challenge. Great job and wonderful creativity on using that measley 6" block. Love the table runner. Thanks for sharing the pictures. I love that you used the zig zag stich for the quilting. It looks really great.