Thursday, November 11, 2010

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Runner One finished

The first runner of three, has been finished and on its' way to a very kind family.  Our youngest son is attending a University 16 hours drive away, and they are kindly offering an 'overnight' stop each time.  This is a great relief to his mum, who does not enjoy the thought of him driving in northern weather,in the winter, in the dark, for 16 hours, after a day of school.








He will be attending school for 8 weeks at a time, then home for ten weeks... and so forth for a total of 5 times altogether.  Out of one charm pack with a yard of matching Fa La La, I have made a total of 3 Christmas runners.  Pictures tomorrow of Runner Two - it was sew much fun!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

christmas runners

It is so hard to get any quilting projects started and completed.  With our house being for sale, every time there is a viewing from realtors, I have to pack all the sewing stuff up and put it away.  No ongoing projects!

Today, I decided to take the day and start some Christmas table runners.  I had a charm pack of Kate Spains' 12 Days of Christmas and some extra fa la la fabric to match. This is what I came up with:




I am just about finished machine quilting this one, and I made another out of the mostly red/green charms. On the back of both runners will be the fa la la fabric.  OOO la la!!!












Monday, November 1, 2010

A finish!






I have finished the quilt intended for use on the couch in our new fifth wheel trailer.  This was the first full sized quilt that I have machine quilted using my domestic machine, a Janome 6600.  The old adage, practice makes perfect still applies - the more I did, the better the stitches became, but I am still quite happy with it.




I have also made four mug mats in 'guy' fabrics and have set them aside for further gifts.  On the monster white quilt? Yes, I am getting my one 'hoop' done a day. Whew!