Not Everything Was Christmassy

We aim to have a variety of seasonal items on the Holly Bazaar tables so I made a few additional runners and potholders that didn't say Christmas.

The check of browns and oranges that I used for the border seemed like a suitable fit for a collection of leaf blocks that I had made. The hint of green that runs throughout gives it a nice autumn feel.

It's called Hello Autumn,

and someone had fun designing the selvage for it.

A mottled brown binding finshed things off nicely.

I love the acorn panto that Roberta quilted it with. It's a little tough to see at first, but these gorgeous little acorns are scattered in amongst a frilly leaf pattern.

And then there was this pretty yellow braid all trimmed up with a soft green. This one really felt like spring to me. Unfortunately, the lighting on this photo is not great but you will have to take my word for it, it was very pretty and light.

You can get a better sense of its true colours in this photo. The green and white Spring Chicken check that I used for the backing and binding had a fun selvage, too.

My niece Julia crocheted these beautiful cotton dishcloths that we sold in pairs. The stitch that she used is so interesting - it looks more like knitting than crochet to me. Almost too pretty for washing dishes...

And she also crocheted a bundle of these chunky star tree decos hung from a bit of twine. So, at the end of the day there was a very healthy bag of goodies to drop off for the gals at the craft table....M