Halloween Table Runners

This is funny was going though old blog posts and found that I created this post long ago and never posted it since I finished the binding yesterday on these I thought I should share this.  yes we have many ore then the first 3 to finish they are just the start.  Any way below is what I wrote a year ago when I first started these.

Tanya has us off making new projects again.  This time we are trying to get ahead of the game.  Meaning that we will start making things for a holiday before the holiday is over.  My task to make 10+ Halloween table runners. 

Kind of a blurry picture but above you can see my nearly 2 inch tall stack of strips.  To give context to their size its 4 1/2 inches wide.  I do not ever make one thing at a time.  Its more like a dozen projects started at a time.  One day I am going to have to catalog all the 1/3 way projects I have done in the past.

Well we didn't get any of them done by Halloween. Three tops were completed. On to the next season.  

Creepy Crawly Spiders

It has been way too long since I have posted a blog post and I guess that has to change.  Any way this last week Jared has been at scout camp and I went up to visit him his last night.  While up there, I found this spider and it looked cool so I gook a picture. It goes well with my post so, I thought I would start with it.

It has been a long time since I last quilted.  But today, I put the binding on 3 table runners that I started a year ago and never finished in time for Halloween.  Well this year I got them done in time.

They are just simple squares type of table runners.  You can download the pattern free from our Craftsy Pattern store.  When they are washed they will end up in our Etsy Store.

Not that the picture is very clear but I quilted this quilt last week and its now in the binding pile.

Squirrel

And to think you thought we were going to talk about quilts.

Boxed In 9 Patch

This is a quilt made by Richard using a pattern that Tanya created which she calls Boxed In.

This is of course a simple 9 patch block just surrounded by white with white in the center.  This is meant to be a really simple pattern for a beginner quilter.

I love the colors Tanya picked they are really bright and pretty.

The back of the quilt is a star minky.  Tanya knows how much I hate to quilt minky and I think that inspires her to keep buying more and more minkey to make my quilting more dificult.  Good thing it looks and feels so nice on them.

Lots and Lots of Christmas Stockings

Last year after Christmas and the previous year we bought a bunch of fabrics to make Christmas Stockings for family and also to sell.  We thought it would be great to have some table runners, stockings and pot holders for craft fairs.  We have finally have started to get some smaller stuff up on Etsy, with plans to be able to do a craft fair next year. We also are making stockings for family.

As you can see this one belongs to Julia.

When  you don't have a mantle because you don't have a fireplace you  make other stuff work.

This is the back she wanted, pink cat fabric.

The one is for Tanya (most likely).

  That is unless I change my mind and like one of the others better.  I really like the silver and white pictured below as well.  

 I have started the ones for the other kids. Jared wanted green, Rebecca turquoise and James purple.  Richard wants a completely different one.  Any guesses?  He wants orange and gray 2 1/2 inch squares. Does this surprise anyone who has followed us for any length of time?