Another Christmas Table Runner

This project might seem like a bit of déjà vu...

primarily because it's made with remnant Peppermint Pines blocks from one of the Holly Bazaar runners that I made in 2022. Love their scrappy, graphic nature.

I loved that red border check and had a hard time reimagining what I could do with a few more blocks, but when I landed on the green and narrow green check I knew that I was onto something.

It's quilted with diamonds that mirror the angle of the trees and I really like the finish, though I cannot help but smile about the amount of thread that it took to do it!

And the fun white polka dot on red backing reminds me of a snappy sports jacket lining - love it! There's just a hint of it showing here, but you get the idea.

This one is quite large, about 16" x 44" so it will definitely make a statement on someone's table....M

My Nine-Patch Christmas Runner

Last time I shared my cute little nine-patch Christmas runner but didn't show you the finished product, so here you go.

Actually, it's not that little. The squares finish off at 2" so it's at least 16" wide, and being 6 blocks long, it's about 45" in length.

Because of it's size, I might see if they want to use it on the Silent Auction Table instead of the Craft Table.

Still can't get over those lovely little quilted stars in the sashing.

I've been sewing like a dervish for the last couple of weeks and have a few more runners, table toppers and placemats made, along with a pair of cute little acorn potholders to show for it. More to come!....M

The First Christmas Runner Finish

I'm always very leery of machine quilting pieces so it can take a bit of time to drum up the courage to begin, but happily, this runner came together quite nicely.

I started out thinking I'd just do a simple set of diagonal lines so as not to wreck anything, but it just wasn't enough. So I moved to making it a cross-hatch pattern. Still lacking a little, so I opted to add another line of quilting on either side of every second line of quilting that was already there. 

Bingo! It added just enough interest and left me with a surprising bonus - these cute little stars in the sashing. Almost like I had planned it 😉. Not.

The quilting looked nice on the green gingham backing too.

And, it must have been my lucky day because when it was time to bind it I found a remnant candy cane stripe that was seemingly made for it.

This one was fun to stitch down.

It's all finished up but in my excitement I forgot to take a pic for you, so that will come. 

One additional fabric that I wanted to share with you is this cute red and white print. Love the fabric but I particularly love the selvage which contains one of my favourite quotes from Audrey Hepburn which I will leave with you, despite the fact that  the landscape is now covered in snow: To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow....M

Ho, Ho, Holiday Sewing

Thankfully I did a little sewing for the bazaar a few weeks ago because there certainly hasn't been any movement on that front lately. 

I looked through my ideas file and landed on a cute little runner made from a very basic nine-patch block. After everything was cut I sorted all the squares into their eventual blocks so as to avoid any duplicates.

For me, this one works so well because of the fabrics, and this is the fabric that launched it all - a sweet little landscape of trees and houses from the Sweetwater line called Blizzard. I picked up a piece about a year ago and have been giving it the side-eye all year hoping to come up with a good project for it.

And I also dipped into my Christmas fabrics and pulled out these Thimbleberries faves from years ago with sprigs of holly and sweet little mittens. I can't even begin to remember how old they are, but I still love them and use them judiciously. You know, because you'd hate to use them up!

The blocks are fun...

and each one very different from the next, which I love.

I have to say that I don't usually use black in a Christmas quilt/runner, but I like it here, and it really set the tone for what the rest of the fabrics might be. I quilted this one myself so that paused things for a bit, but it turned out really well. I'll share that with you next time. 

Hopefully there's a wave of ho, ho, holiday inspiration hits me today because I still have a few more bazaar projects that I'd like to get to and time is running out...M