Tag: Table Runner

Use for home decor items that cover the buffet, coffee table. Also use this tag for table toppers.

Christmas Tablerunner!

Christmas Tablerunner
Christmas Tablerunner

This project has been on my to do list forever. Now it is OFF! It is complete. Finished. Done.

Yay!

So, the deal with this piece is that I got the panel somewhere. I think I may have been collecting opportunities to practice my free motion quilting at the time. (Stop laughing!). It hung around for a few years. At some point, I probably put it on the to do list when I cataloged my UFOs. It was on the to do list for a long time. At some point I decided to get busy and work on these languishing projects.

Back of Christmas Tablerunner
Back of Christmas Tablerunner

The only thing I might do is embroider my name on the back. there is no label on this piece and I don’t want it to be anonymous.

Thanksgiving Tablerunner #1

I was determined to work on some of the projects on my to do list at the Retreat. I also wanted to work on some projects I wasn’t likely to work on at home.

First up was the Thanksgiving tablerunner. It has only been on my to do list for 5 minutes, but I started with it because it is small. I figured that I could actually finish it.

Thanksgiving tablerunner - quilted
Thanksgiving tablerunner – quilted

I was able to finish the quilting. I am a bit of a maniac when I do decide to quilt, so the project took me all afternoon and into the evening. I did go out to dinner and socialize, but otherwise sat in front of my machine and quilted.

I quilted diagonal lines in the center (red) using some blue painter’s tape to keep the lines even and straight. As I got more comfortable, my mania started to kick in and around the edges I did a lot more quilting. I followed the outline of the pumpkins and gourds. I also quilted a lot around the leaves on the top and bottom and in the orange sashing.

Next up binding, then I will have a finish for 2016.