I AM NOT REALLY CRAZY. JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE NEW SNOW WE GOT LAST NIGHT.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE COLD TEMPS BUT NO SNOW!!!
I have finished putting the runner together and hand quilting along the major seams and around the hearts. Only a bit of the embroidery is finished, but I will continue with it each day. I’ve button hole stitched the hearts and embroidered down the centers.
I backed the runner with the cutest tiny vintage gingham print from Cottonwood Quilt Shop in Charlottesville, VA. It is a Civil War red. I am not buying new fabric unless I need backing. Am sticking to my resolution to use up as much of my stash as I can this year.
It fits my table so well, BUT the hearts really should have been turned two to the left and two to the right like some a Christmas tree runner I saw online. That way they wouldn’t have ended up all facing in one side directions. Since this was my first, and I was making it up as I went, I'm happy with the outcome. It washed and the hand quilting puffed up perfectly.
This post is linked with WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced. Just click on the “WIP Wednesday” and you will see how many fab things are under construction this week.
it is very cute. just not snow-proof. :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks great! regardless of the directions of the hearts! and that snow looks so pretty! Yay for a project that turned out just as you wanted :)
ReplyDeleteI love Valentine's Day and all things that are red and pink with hearts. What a cute table runner!
ReplyDeleteHi Genie. Love your table quilt. It's so "Genie". You got the snow we were supposed to get but didn't. We were the coldest place in the whole country last night. I just heard that on the local news. (-22) I haven't forgotten you, honest. (((((HUGS))))
ReplyDeletei love the heart - so festive. i would keep it out year round. nice!! ( :
ReplyDeleteBeautiful table runner Genie and it is always fun to take a project outside...even in the snow! It looks perfect on your table1
ReplyDeletei think a litttttttle hand quilting makes a project perfect!! this is a beautiful runner and i love your design. Yay for using the fabric you have!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful compositions, exquisite designs in those hearts!
ReplyDeleteSaludos!
Your table runner looks so pretty on the snow and on the table!
ReplyDeleteGosh that snow looks cold. such tidy blanket stitching on those hearts. Well done.
ReplyDeleteI love it; it is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThis looks so pretty and I love your hand stitching. I don't think it matters that all the hearts point one way - you just have to sit someone particularly beloved on that side of the table!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty tablerunner! Wonderful work!
ReplyDeleteGood job, Genie! This came out very well! :-)
ReplyDeleteYou are very talented Genie, I love these and I like your snow as a backdrop. Well, when we got to Florida it was very cold as we were along the panhandle, and then we made our way further south and it started getting warm, then it rained. Today we got out of our hotel it was hot and humid and lovely sunny skies. Making our way north now and the rain came :) It will be interesting to see what we encounter the further north we get. Stay safe and warm my friend and have a great weekend :)
ReplyDeleteI love it in the snow AND in the house...such a pretty pattern and hand quilting! :)
ReplyDeleteOh, Genie, this turned out so nice. Really is pretty. (I very seldom do anything other than make up as I go.)
ReplyDeleteGenie...what a perfectly beautiful runner. So perfect for Valentines Day. You WILL leave it out the entire month of February, won't you. I celebrate the entire month of love. :) I really do. I will leave my Valentine things out.. How I wish I could sew like that.
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