Bright and Cheery Color Blast Quilt

One of my favorite patterns I have made is my color blast quilt.  The first quilt I made out of this pattern was orange and Tanya hated it.  I then made a blue batik quilt which I love and then a few tops that have not yet been finished.  Well a few months ago, when I came home from work Tanya was making this version of it.  She hated my version and I have to admit she has topped it, but she can't seem to get my name correct.  She always refers to the pattern as color burst rather then color blast.  Its kinda funny.  I guess if she wants to burst rather then blast I will let her.

I loved her choice of binding and really love the corner stones she used (the wavy lines) it gave it a neat twist.

She of course made me quilt it and as normal she wanted to torture me and had pink minky on the back.  About 2/3 quilted, I realized we had a pucker in the back and sadly she had to pull out almost 2 full rows of quilting and re-pin it to fix our pucker.  I love the finished look of minky, I hate quilting it.

This quilt was completely made of scraps from our stash and will end up on our the etsy store.

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Batik Table Runner Dark Blue

Today I would like to show off my newest table runner this was created using a batik fat quarter bundle I bought last May.  They have been sitting in a pile calling too me for many months and it has now been used.  I created 2 table runners and this is one of them.  The other table runner will be shown off at another time. 

I really love the colors in this one it looks even better in person then it does in the pictures.  I quilted this with a diagonal straight line stitch you can see it a little better in this picture of the back.  Tanya and I plan to make 50 or so table runners and mug rugs etc to add to the other items on our Etsy store.  We are trying to get a collection of small items so that some time next year we can start selling our wares at craft fares with Tanya's sister who now sells pottery.

Twister Table Runner in Orange

Over the last weekend I sat and made many table runners.  This is the first to get washed and I wanted to share it off.  Tanya and I have been struggling with how to take better pictures.  I am sure none of you have the issues I have, too much clutter in your home and no good place to take a picture.  For these pictures Tanya hung a piece minky on the wall and then put the table runners on this table down in our sewing room.

I think they turned out pretty good, but we have room for improvement. I think Tanya did a fantastic job at taking the pictures.  Even if she thinks there are issues with them I think they turned out fantastic.

Link A Finish Friday #83

Today I would like to start by sharing Rag Quilt #9 from Tanya's stash she has a huge pile of old flannel (ok old being a year, I know not so old) any way we are stash busting by cranking out quilts.

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Here are some of those linked up last week.

Twist and Shout - Global Nomad Quilt Company

Harry Potter Project - Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting

Strip Pieced Star - Chona Homegrown

Serendipity - My Quilt Infatuation

Cajun Cathedral Windows - Butterfly Angels Quilting

These are only a few of the fantastic quilts from last week.
Please link up and share what you have been up too.

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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

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3) Link back to my blog.
4) No finish, go quilt and stop reading the web.

Rag Quilt from Stash #9

Some of you might have thought when Tanya forgot to post a quilt last week that we were running out.  She had ran out of pre-made quilts so over the last weekend she made 3 more.  This of course did not run the boxes of parts we have out.  My guess is we will get to at least 20 before running out.

Tanya did experiment a little with pictures this week.  We have been struggling with pictures and these pictures she took in our sewing room with a minky as a backdrop with the table she uses to baste on as a stand.

She took them in many different poses.  What interests me is your thoughts on the pictures.  On this page which do you like and which do you not like and why?

I like the one above.  I believe Tanya stuffed Julia's little chair under it to hold it up.  Any way lets hear what your thoughts are on which is the best picture.