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 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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Getting a Jump on the Holidays

When I worked at a LQS years ago, one of the things I loved to do was to take patterns or parts of patterns and make shop samples showing how they can be used in different ways.  Needing to get a jumpstart on some holiday gifts, I thought I would play with my Rejoice tablerunner pattern and see what I could come up with.  Someone gets a gift and I get to play!

Here is my pattern as a simple table runner or wallhanging.

Cute, but let's get creative!

I recently came across a 16 x 38" rectangular pillow form from Crafter's Choice. When I saw the measurements were almost the same as my pattern, I knew I was going to have to make a pillow for a gift.  I really like how it turned out!  I did need to shorten my pattern by 4" but it was really easy to take out 2" on each end between the pinwheel and the letters.

This is going to look fantastic on an entryway bench!

Next, I had to go scrappy!  I used scrap pieces for the background and also used 2.5" squares to create the lettering.  It was a great way to use some of my Christmas scraps.

I was also inspired to make another project in the future.  As I was photographing these pieces, the song "I've got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy down in my Heart" kept popping in my head.  Of course I instantly imagined a quilt.

Remember how Granny (of the Beverly Hillbillies) could never feel bad when she sang that song.

Too many ideas and not nearly enough time!

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Spreading a Little Joy

With all the new Christmas and holiday fabrics hitting the store this time of year, I thought it would be a great time to release my newest pattern.  This one is called Rejoice!

The finished piece measures 16" x 42" and is perfect for those leftover jellyroll strips.  

The pattern has detailed instructions and easy to read graphics that make putting this together a breeze.  Whether you make one for yourself or for family and friends, now is the time to start planning those holiday projects.

I really like how it looks with a dark background fabric. I plan on doing a bit of shopping and making a few more with this Moda Grunge fabric.

My wonderful pattern tester has plans for making a few more before the holidays too.  Her daughter saw this one her mother made and put in an order for her own.

I think it makes a great wallhanging too.  Who doesn't want to spread a bit of Joy around?

If you would like to purchase the pattern, you can find it in both my Etsy shop and Payhip Store.  You can also find some of my other patterns there too.

And because I want to spread a little more Joy around, I am also hosting a pattern giveaway.  I will be giving away a .pdf copy of the pattern to three winners.  If you want to be in the draw, simply leave me a comment.  For an additional entry, simply share some Joy on your social media or pinterest boards and let me know that you did in another comment.  

I will be drawing the winners on Monday June 27th.


***This giveaway is closed.  Thanks to all who entered.  Winners have been notified by email***

And if you go ahead and buy the pattern and your name is drawn as a winner, don't worry, I will gladly refund your money!

Thanks for your support!
 

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Happy Holidays!

I have finished up a few little handmade items and I think all my holiday sewing is done. Hurray!  

Now I can relax the rest of the week!

I made this table runner for one of my sisters. I gave it to her shortly after Thanksgiving so she can enjoy it this season.

I also made a similar one for a swap gift with some quilty friends.

I guess I didn't get a picture of it after I quilted it. 

I stitched up these pretty pot holders and towels for a gift. I cut into my cherished Maureen Cracknell fabric but I think they worked perfectly.

I also made another set of potholders from some silly dancing vegetable fabrics. 

I really like these pot holders. They were inspired by this tutorial.  As I have shared before, I don't like to quilt through my Insul-brite so I pre-quilted my fabric to  a scrap of batting then assembled all the layers between binding. I have a set planned for my own kitchen.

This will probably be my last post before Christmas.  I wish those who celebrate a lovely holiday!

Merry Christmas!

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Get Out of my Head!

I confess, it took 3 whole days after declaring I was going to focus only on finishes for me to start a new project.  But in my defense, I really needed to get an idea out of my head.

 Back in 2013, I had purchased a rainbow of chevron fabrics.  I used them as the lining for the denim fabric buckets I sort my scraps into at my cutting table.  Since then, I have had a small stack of these leftover fabrics and have been trying to figure out how to use them.  

(I can even admit to being a bit obsessed about coming up with a clever way to use them.)

I have tried to work them into scrap quilts but I always felt they visually stood out.  Well, over the last few weeks, an idea has been forming in my head, and I just needed to see if it could be translated into a project.

I thought maybe a strip of chevron could be fussy cut and a cute tree could be made....

and look, it worked!

 I decided to just go ahead and make a second one and turn them into a big table runner.  Certainly not traditional holiday colors, but I was just using up some scraps.  They remind me of the really vintage tinsel trees.

Of course, the more traditional green was the only big piece of fabric I had so rather than make a second table runner, I decided now that the idea was out of my head, I would just use it up on the back.


I think these are the medium size chevrons and it worked out perfectly to cut them at 2 1/2" wide.  You just need to cut 1/4" above the points of the chevrons.

A single tree would make a great wallhanging but that will be for someone else to do.  I am happy just knowing it can be done!  Finally, I can sleep at night....

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