Curved Quilting Lines

Don't ask me when I started this table runner.  I remember fighting with it.  The printed blocks aren't square.  They are really rectangles and that made for some interesting piecing.  I didn't realize I never finished it until I found it. 

In my quest to use up stuff, I used some white fleece for the batting.  That I won't do again.  The basting spray isn't very effective and I ended up with puckers.  I quilted curved lines.  That I liked and will do some more.  

The back does make me smile.  This is vintage 1970s fabric.  It came from my quilt from college.  A number of years ago, I took apart that quilt and sent the wool out to be recarded.  The top was thrown away.  The backing was in really good shape and I washed it and put it away.  I have used pieces of it for baby quilts and now for this table runner.

Nancy

What Happens When I Talk to Store Clerks

So I stopped at the Joann's in Green Bay.  I had seen Clover makes a pen with some liquid in it that treats the fabric and you get a nice fold.  I had earlier in the day given up on ironing binding that I cut on the bias.  I couldn't get the fold to happen consistently in the center.... 

Nah, Joann doesn't carry such an item.  I did buy sewing machine needles as they were on sale and a rotary cutter blade that makes a wobbly line.  I of course end up talking to the clerk that checks me out.  She wanted to know what I was going to do with the funny rotary cutter blade.  I explained that I make cards and since Joann was going to tempt me with one that was 75% off, I was going to try it.

I end up getting the clerk's address and made her a card.  No I haven't broken out the new rotary cutter blade yet.  The purple is cardstock, the other items are all fabric.

Thanks for stopping.
Nancy

2018 Valentine Cards

Last February I had batting scraps in the waste basket and somehow that translated into Valentines. 

The batting heart was stitched onto a piece of paper.  The paper is then stitched onto a piece of fabric.  The entire card is backed with watercolor paper.

Of course I ended up with a few that were just on a paper base.

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Christmas Pillow

I am on a kick to use some stuff up.  High on the list of stuff to use up is batting pieces.  I have made 3 large quilts in the last year.  That translates into having a lot of batting pieces. 

Somewhere in my travels, I acquired a Christmas panel.  It consists one of large square and two rectangles.  The rectangles I will use in table runners.  The large square makes a wonderful pillow.

Since the panel is so detailed, I did a very, simple quilting.  

The best part is that I made a pillow envelope.  This is not a permanent pillow.  This is a Christmas pillow that slips over an existing pillow for Christmas.