Earth to Sky Table Runners

Last week I talked about the wonderful Modern Yardage fabric I bought.  Well the week before my Sister in Law challenged me to make smaller things (like my baby quilts are not small enough)  so keeping with that I am making table runners.  As every one knows I like to chop my fabric into little pieces and put them back together.  So for my table runners I decided to make them out of 2 1/2 inch squares and do a diagonal table runner similar to the diagonal quilt I made.

I decided I wanted my rows to be 7 squares across.  So I sewed them all together at a angle going down.  When I was done I cut the top off one (and then sewed it to the bottom) so that I did not have to figure out the shorter rows.  Then I cut that long strip in half.  Tanya thought the way above looked great and wanted me to figure out how to bind the jagged edge, but having common sense I chopped them off.

Even chopped off they looked cool (yah, not as cool, but hey I was not up to the wild edge)

Above is the back of my table runners I used the 10 fat quarters to make the front and the back of these (and binding) and had enough left over to make a few hot pads which will be finished at another time.  These images show them before I washed them (oh ya they still need to be washed), but that will happen soon enough, but I wanted to show them off now.

One last thing I would like to mention is that I have started to Instagram my along the way shots (as I tend to always forget to post them here) if you look at me on Instagram (http://instagram.com/rhealey101) you can see all the crazy things I am making and many of which have never yet made it to the blog.  I also added a viewer to the sidebar that shows off the last 6 shots and as of the writing of this it shows some yet to be shown off table runners I was working on last night.

Orange and Gray Lap Quilt, Richard Sized

Rebecca was given the camera and asked to take pictures for us of this lap quilt.  I guess she like the back more than the front.  

The only full quilt pictures are of the back  It is a fun back with some gray squares and some orange pieces of fabric.

Finally, Richard made a pieced quilt for himself. It turned out great.

Rag Quilt From Stash # 8 and a Winner

I bet you were starting to think that maybe Tanya ran out of flannel, so no rag quilt this week.  This one is made out of puppy print flannel and and gray tie dye.  Three of the gray squares have a bone with the word "Woof"  embroidered on it.

The batting in this quilt was a third layer of dark brown flannel to give it a fun contrast.

The exciting news is that the winner of the Modern Fabric Giveaway is

Julie Hirt - 627handworks said...53

Followed you on FB :)

August 26, 2013 at 11:19 AM 

Congrats we will be contacting you for shipping information!  Thanks to all that entered and that checked out Modern Yardage.

Link A Finish Friday #82

Today I would like to remind you of entering my giveaway through Friday Night.  We are having a giveaway of fabric from Modern Yardage 

It is now time for Link A Finish Friday.  Today I would like to start with a big thank you to Fat Quarter Shop who has offered to Sponsor our Link A Finish Friday with Prizes.  This month's winner (August) will win a $15 gift certificate to spend at Fat Quarter Shop. 

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1) Who likes rules. Toss them out.

2) Add a link to your finish blog or where ever you show off your finishes (Not limited to quilts but I like them the most).
3) Visit a few of the finishes and comment or encourage them on.
4) Monthly random winner picked from all of the months linkups to $15 gift card from Fat Quarter Shop.

Not required but fun to do

1) Follow my blog.
2) Follow the blog of all those that link.
3) Link back to my blog.
4) No finish, go quilt and stop reading the web.

Table Runners for Halloween

A few weeks ago my sister in law told me that I needed to make some smaller items so that I can go to some of the shows that she sells her pottery at and I took her to heart and these are 2 of the table runners I have made.  I think in total I have made 5 of them.

I made some simple ones and some more difficult ones and I even made a pattern and put it on Craftsy for free.  These are some fun table runners and I plan to make a few dozen more of them.

The hardest thing I find with these things is how to take good pictures.  They are so small that it takes me a little more effort to get a good shot.

Now remember Monday I announced a giveaway of 4 fat quarters that giveaway closes Friday so you still have time to enter it if you have not yet.

Lastly I have still been quilting on this Ghastlie quilt and it is almost complete and ready to show off.