Saturday, April 16, 2011

Results of the Friday Night Sew In

 I finally made my first real quilting project! I used most of the Mary Engelbreit charm pack for this table runner. I took out the 8 pink 5" squares to use at another time. With 2 baby girls making their arrival very soon, I know I'll think of something to do with them :) I had originally planned on making pin wheels, but while I was ironing my pieces, another pattern emerged that I like better for this fabric. I used muslin between my squares, for the border and for the backing. With the leftover charm squares I made the binding by sewing them together.  I ended up with a piece of patchwork fabric that was 5" wide and 65" long. I cut that down the middle lengthwise and did some pressing to form a binding. After I attached the binding I only had 6" left over so it worked out pretty good. This runner was made without a pattern. I just decided to "wing it". All in all a very fun night sewing and chatting with friends online and now I have a lovely spring table runner! I can hardly wait to wake up tomorrow morning to see these beautiful daffodils fully open :)

6 comments:

  1. the pattern matches your table. I really like it!
    not as much as the trek peeps...just sayin...:-)

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  2. Ooooh, I really like that. So pretty and spring time. Can I ask where you got the charm pack? I love it!

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  3. It's beautiful! Winging it really worked! I finally finished my project too and got it posted. I want to make more!

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  4. That is lovely. Enjoy your table runner!

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  5. This is lovely. I would love to have such a nice project after winging it.

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  6. The runner is SO cute! Congrats on a successful FNSI!

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