Reversible table runner #6 - Christmas in July
07-25-2011, 09:28 PM
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I have been making table runners for my church secret pal all year. Here is a link to the ones for January - October:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-135506-1.htm
The Christmas side is a kit from www.Stores.eBay.com/Jordans. Donna Jordan put it together.
The November side is from a new line by Moda - Arboretum.
I quilted it with monofiliment thread - I think that's what it's called. Really thin fishing line! I couldn't figure out what else to do without changing thread every few inches or distracting from the star.
I've really enjoyed this project of making a runner every two months that was reversible for those two months. The really fun part was watching myself improve!
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-135506-1.htm
The Christmas side is a kit from www.Stores.eBay.com/Jordans. Donna Jordan put it together.
The November side is from a new line by Moda - Arboretum.
I quilted it with monofiliment thread - I think that's what it's called. Really thin fishing line! I couldn't figure out what else to do without changing thread every few inches or distracting from the star.
I've really enjoyed this project of making a runner every two months that was reversible for those two months. The really fun part was watching myself improve!
07-25-2011, 11:41 PM
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I just have a stashlette - not bunches and bunches of fabric, but I have one tub where I have projects bagged in large baggies. The fabric needed and the pattern are all bagged together. THese have no time line - I just want to make them.
THEN I have a crate on my worktable (that's actually the dining room table) where I put the next up baggies in the order I need to make them. Upcoming showers, Christmas, anything with a timeline. But since the next baggie isn't neeed until Christmas I also have a "just for fun" project in there just so I don't feel like I'm working. Makes sense to me!
THe one I'm working on right now turned out to be pretty boring - luscious fabric, but no challenge to the blocks. So I'd make a few blocks, then whip up a pillowcase or two (well, really four!) Then more blocks, then finish a table runner. That sort of thing.
Without this kind of plan I'm at a loss about what to work on next and I don't make nearly as much progress. Hopefully no deadlines will slip up on me this way, too.
THEN I have a crate on my worktable (that's actually the dining room table) where I put the next up baggies in the order I need to make them. Upcoming showers, Christmas, anything with a timeline. But since the next baggie isn't neeed until Christmas I also have a "just for fun" project in there just so I don't feel like I'm working. Makes sense to me!
THe one I'm working on right now turned out to be pretty boring - luscious fabric, but no challenge to the blocks. So I'd make a few blocks, then whip up a pillowcase or two (well, really four!) Then more blocks, then finish a table runner. That sort of thing.
Without this kind of plan I'm at a loss about what to work on next and I don't make nearly as much progress. Hopefully no deadlines will slip up on me this way, too.
07-25-2011, 11:47 PM
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I wish I were mine, too! :)
I've started collecting patterns and fabrics for a couple of more sets of these and one will be for me. I've really learned a lot from these little projects.
I've started collecting patterns and fabrics for a couple of more sets of these and one will be for me. I've really learned a lot from these little projects.
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