More Holiday TableRunners

 With Thanksgiving in the past, it is now time to seriously start thinking about Christmas.

Thankfully, I started thinking about Christmas about a month ago and made up a bunch of holiday table runners from some scraps a friend had gifted me. 

I already shared a couple in this post...

Since then, I finished sewing on the bindings of three more. 
 This first one is another runner made using my Rejoice pattern.  

This one was actually gifted back to my "scrap dealer".

Most of the scraps she shared were already cut into squares.  Here is one I made using the 3.5" size.  I also found a few HSTs in the amongst the scraps, so I made some fun pinwheels and added them in.

And finally, I made this one from some 4.5" squares.  

I think this one might be my favorite.  The prints are more winter themed, so I think you could leave it out into January if you wanted to.

Here are all five of them together.  This will cross off a few names on my gift list!

Check it out!  The Fat Quarter Shop is having a 20% off Storewide sale.  

It ends Saturday night so don't wait!

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With time to Spare

 I can't believe it...I am actually thinking ahead this holiday season.  I realized I needed a few little holiday gifts so I raided a friend's stash and decided to make a couple table runners.

For this one, I used my Rejoice Table Runner pattern.  It is quick and easy and uses a single width of fabric strip for each letter.

I found this fun portrait fabric for the backing.  It definitely adds whimsy to the quilt.

While I was their "shopping" my friend's stash, she kept offering me various scraps.  One of the offerings I couldn't resist was a stack of 3.5" squares.

There were super easy to turn into a fun patchwork runner.

There were just enough dark green squares to create the pattern I came up with.  The rest of the squares a certainly a mish mash of fun holiday prints.

A fun red print for the backing and a green woven for the binding.  

I will have two or three more runners to shar in the near future.  Right now, I am sewing on their bindings and hope to finish them soon!

Have you started your holiday sewing yet?

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A Few Holiday Deals

With Thanksgiving in a few days, it is time to start thinking about making some gifts for giving.  I am going to be mailing off all of my holiday gifts this year so that means I need to get going on them.

The holiday season also means there are some great deals going on should you want to buy yourself or your quilty friends some gifts.  Here are a few deals from my affiliates.

Now is a great time to purchase an AccuQuilt cutting system if it is on your want list.  

The black Friday deals are already available now.

A fairly new affiliate partner for me is Annie's.  They curate and sell all sorts of craft and sewing subscriptions.  They also have a Holiday Quilter's Club that supplies everything you need for a festive monthly project.

They also have Fiction Clubs.  And this year they have two Mystery Stitch Alongs.

READ IT. STITCH IT. SOLVE THE MYSTERY!

How fun does that sound!

And I get to share a fantastic special 75% OFF coupon for all of Annie's clubs!  Just use the coupon code SHARE75.

Thermoweb also has black Friday pricing on all of their products.  I will be using some to create some of my holiday gifts this year.

If you are in the US, I wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving.  

Please be safe and stay healthy!

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Oh Scrap! : Scrappy New Starts

I really haven't been sewing much this week.  But I did get the butterfly scraps I previously talked about cut into 4.5" squares and started framing them in some coordinating blue scraps.  I think I have a plan in my head for a small baby quilt.  It shouldn't take me long to finish it up - I just need to get into my sewing room.

 

I have also been planning some Christmas gifts.  Here is a sneak peak at one of them.  This block is made with 1.5" squares.  Now I only have 14 more to go!

I hope you have lots of scrappy projects to share!

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• This linky party is for any scrappy project - It can be in-process or a finished piece.
• You can link up your blog post (not your homepage please) or Instagram photo from the past week that features your use of scraps.
• If you are linking to a blog post, I ask that you link back to my blog somewhere in your post. So if you are writing about scraps, just get into the habit of including a link as there will be a linky party available every week!
• If you are using Instagram, please use the hashtag #ohscrap.
• This is a party so remember to socialize and comment on the posts of others.
• Following my blog is not necessary but it sure would be great if you do! 

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A Charming Christmas

Summertime is almost here so that means the new collections of Christmas fabrics will be arriving in the stores soon.

So it is the perfect timing for the Fat Quarter Shop to release another one of their shortcut quilt patterns.  This festive project uses Charm Packs.

The Fat Quarter Shop asked me which Christmas collection I wanted to use and I picked Little Tree by Lella Boutique.  I knew it was going to look great with the White Grunge fabric I wanted to use for the background.

And here is my finished quilt!

Isn't it fun?

This shortcut pattern is called Charming Christmas.  

You can download the free pattern here.

The quilt finishes at 59" square.  You can easily make it a little bigger by making the outer border a bit wider.  The Fat Quarter Shop also has the pattern written so that it uses mini charms.  You can find that pattern here.  The mini finishes at about 26" square.

It is hard to see in the full photo, but I quilted some holly leaves and berries on this one in a white thread. It is a pantograph that I have had forever.  It gives the quilt a nicely quilted texture.

If you make the quilt, I do have a little trick to share.  When you make the triangles for the tree, the pattern has you just cutting off those bonus triangles,  I sewed an additional line and ended up with these 12 nice sized HSTs.  They can easily become some potholders or my plan was to make a table topper.  

You can see the finished mini here.

Photos of white quilts are so difficult in the summer months.  In the sunshine they are so bright, and I didn't have a spot of shade without any sunlight sneaking in....but I am not complaining!

If you are interested in making one of your own, the Fat Quarter Shop has kits available in a similar fabric line. Or order some holiday charm packs or mini charm packs and get started early on some holiday gifts.

I am not the only one making this quilt - If you want to see more versions, you can check out the Jolly Jabber blog post about them.

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A Finish From Leftovers

I STILL can't share my shortcut quilt finish for the Fat Quarter Shop blog hop.  But I am going to share the little finish I made from the leftover fabric!

Any time I make a quilt design that has large "flip corners", I try and turn the bonus triangles into HSTs.  I had only ten approximately 4" little blocks to play with.

I decided to turn them into this fun little Christmas table topper.  It measures about 14" square.  I just had to dig through my holiday scraps and find an extra charm square to use framed as the center.  I then just did some crosshatch quilting to finish it up.

I was going to just put this away for a hostess gift for the holidays but I ended up gifting it already to cheer someone up who lives in a small place but loves to decorate for the holidays.

I even had a fat quarter of this cute tree print to put on the back.

Hopefully I will be able to share my big Christmas quilt soon.  The Fat Quarter Shop is still waiting for fabric to arrive for the kits.

Are you already planning your quilts for the holiday season?

Some of my longarm clients are already scheduling time on my frame for theirs.  It is hard to think about that already!

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Charm Square Conundrum

With more time on my hands right now, I am pulling out some projects with far ahead deadlines. 

 I may not have the time in the future!

I have been holding onto a couple charm packs to make a Christmas quilt.  I always have a hard time tearing open that little paper band.  And when the pattern doesn't use all of the charms, I have to make decisions on what prints I am going to use and what charms I will toss in the scrap bins.

Scraps are always easier for me to use!

Here are the prints I have decided to use from my Little Tree collection from Lella Boutique.  Now that I have my fabrics, the quilt assembly will probably not take long.

Time to get sewing.

Everybody stay home and stay safe!

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A New Project and Some Great Deals

Look at the pretty fabrics I received in the mail from the Fat Quarter Shop.  I know that Christmas is over but it is never too early to start preparing for the next holiday.  I will be joining the Fat Quarter Shop in another Shortcut QAL later this year made from these fabrics.  You will have to wait until late Spring to see the project, but right now, I had better get sewing!

And speaking of happy mail, there are some great deals available from my affiliates.
 I thought I would share them with you.

First up - Connecting Threads has their fat quarter bundles 25% off right now. Whether you are buying for your stash or to freshen up your scrap bins, there are some lovely bundles available.






Every month, the Fat Quarter Shop has a month long sale on the Basics of the Month.  This month, they have their Bella Solids by Moda on sale.  If you need some solids for your stash, this is a great time to save a bit of money on them.






And finally - AccuQuilt has some great deals on both their Go! and their Studios products.  I have the studio fabric cutting system and I see the dies are Buy One Get One with the code STUDIOBOGO.  But they are currently running other deals to help out with your purchases.



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Christmas in May?

Take a peek at the pretty fabrics I have put together for a quick project to make next month.

Yes, I am sewing with Christmas fabrics in May!

I am working with the Fat Quarter Shop again to make one of their wonderful patterns.  I ordered the two Bonnie & Camille Vintage Holiday charm packs and the white Kona solid but the asterisk fabric I will use on the back came from my stash.

I hope to share a finished project in a couple weeks so I had better get sewing.

Stay Tuned!

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