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I finished the tablerunner tonight - it worked up to 18.5" square (well, almost square, LOL). Then I made a sock sack in the same fabric, but I made it an extra 2" tall so I could roll up the tablerunner and tuck it inside :D If you get that sock sack in the mail - or if I show up on your front doorstep carrying it - you'll know the tablerunner is for you, LOLLLLLLLLL!
I made labels with a stamp I got from a lovely ebay seller - I stamped the fabric, heat set it with my iron, then gave it a test wash ... it sure did look pretty BEFORE it got washed! I need indelible/permanent ink, and will toss these labels :D
I worked on my floral tablerunner this afternoon - it needs borders (same pinecone print as the sashes) and then sandwich/quilt/back/label. It'll finish to about 18" square - just right for a little fall table topper gift :) Maybe I'll make a sock sack to tuck it into ;) I'm also thinking of making small fabric yoyo's to make the centre of each flower - that might make a nice dimensional addition :)
I drafted a tablerunner pattern in EQ6 based on a photograph I saw somewhere online. This is going to be a fall tablerunner - a gift. I'm trying to decide which colors to use - the picture with the pink fabric is a bit outside of the box for me (I usually play it VERY safe), and the all fall tones photo is - to me - safer, but ... perhaps not as much OOMPH. I thought I'd throw the pictures up so I could look at them both together, to hopefully help me make a decision! The top left fabric is the block background, and the bottom left fabric is the sashing/border. I think I'm going with the colorway with the pink, now that I can see everything laid out, lol. If it looks like crap when I get the blocks made, I'll change them!
Two more Terry Atkinson sock sacks finished and GORGEOUS!! Look at my zippers - they are perfection, if I do say so myself!! *struts for a moment, then goes back to her normal humble self* :) These are gifts - or rather - they're wrapping for gifts, and a gift themselves :D These little guys finish to about 7.5" X 9" (going by memory, because I'm laying on the couch now and I don't feel like getting up and going downstairs to measure them) :D
Also completed - a lined totebag with matching zipper bag - a gift :)
Here are a couple of projects I finished yesterday and today - the "real gift" will be tucked inside, and the "wrapping" becomes a gift too :D I've mentioned before that everyone on my gift list is getting zipper bags this year, and I was NOT lying, LOL!!! The peacock bags are lined with the trim fabric :) The Sunbonnet Sue bags were paper pieced (thank you, Stitchers Needle, for the patterns!) - the denim was upcycled from my son's worn out jeans :) I'm pretty sure the recipient will appreciate that aspect of the project :)
I finished up this Christmas gift today - lined tote and 2 co-ordinating zipper bags. Also pictured - some zipper bags I've finished in the last few days :D Nancy - (the Tavern Wench, hehe) should recognize some of the fabric! ;)
Three more zipper bags completed for the shelter ... and I started knitting another dishcloth - this one - I got 7 rows done and had to rip them all out when I realized that not only had I done a couple of K2P1 [and P2K1] patterns incorrectly, but I somehow managed to increase from 31 to 32 stitches, hehe. I think I was so surprised that I was following a real pattern, that I jinxed myself, LOL. I've been paying closer attention and 12 rows later I think I'm still error free - 40ish more rows to go :D
My first knit dishcloth - I need a refresher course to reintroduce me to some techniques I've forgotten over the last 30 years :D
Here are some first aid bags I made today - I need to get the zipper pulls made :)
Hubby and I went to New York last weekend and I got in a bit of shopping, of course ;) Missing from the photograph is the Lazy Girl Runaround Bag pattern I purchased - I was studying the pattern and forgot to grab it for the photo :D The 5 FQ's are sitting on a 5 yard cut of batting :D
First off, this Pizza Bread was WONDERFUL. It took under 10 minutes to prepare it (using premade pizza dough :D), and 25 minutes to bake. Next time I make a double batch - it really was good! I got the idea from Meadows08, who got the recipe here. My changes - I used pizza dough instead of homemade dough, and after I rolled it, I brushed the dough with olive oil and sprinkled it with onion-garlic spice. Next time I'll sprinkle a bit of parmesan on too. Try it - you'll LIKE it!! Thanks A. for the idea!
And speaking of A ... I got my challenge ornament done :) I love this little guy - I made one last year as well :) The pattern is available here - thanks Sharon! I hope A. got hers done - she posted an under construction picture and it's sweeeeeeeeeeet!
A few days ago Meadows08 and I challenged each other to get a cross-stitch ornament completed by September 7. She's doing beautifully on her project - it's gorgeous - I'm pretty sure she'll be done by Monday! (And I'm definitely trying that pizza bread, loL!) I'm almost finished the stitching on mine - it just needs the beads around the neck :) ( I'm thinking red beads). Zoomer was a willing model - thanks Z!!
I mailed this gift on Monday so hopefully it has already arrived, or will arrive by tomorrow! The original intention was to make a travel set - some bags that could be used to organize packed goodies for trips. The laundry bag didn't work out the way I wanted so I'll redo it eventually, but the rest of the bags came out just as planned! There are 2 boxy bags, 4 zipper bags and 6 luggage markers (reversible). I hope the recipient likes them, and I hope they will get used VERY SOON! ;)
HAaaaaaaaaaahaahahaha I forgot about the Butt/Face towels I made - cute, eh? LOL!!! Then there was the bath towel personalized for my "fleiki" noblog friend Deb, for her darling grandson :) The snail items - grab 'n go bag, coasters and fabric basket - were made for my noblog friend Julie - we "met online" over a snail project that was posted somewhere, hence our snail theme :)
The cross-stitch lavender bag (or lavande, en Francais!) was for my sister - the pattern came from Les grilles de Maryse (I don't know if the pattern is still there - I looked while I was typing this post, and couldn't find it).
The gingerbread trim on these bags was a gift from a friend of mine (hi, Cat!) - I spotted it in my fabric basket the other day and decided to use it in some zipper bags - I think they worked out very well! They went into my gift box for Christmas - I meant it months ago when I said everyone was getting a zipper bag for Christmas, LOL!
Abbey Bag by Abbey Lane Quilts (it's a pincushion/thread catcher combo)
Fruit Salad Pincushions by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. :)
Here are a few zipper bags I've finished in the last little while ... some are gifts, most are donation items. You can see by some of the designs that I was using up bits and pieces and scraps of fabric!
A few days ago I decided to make a "set" of items for a specific purpose - I won't reveal the details yet - if the "set" works out I'll mail it and will post information after the recipient receives it :D Sometimes my projects either don't get finished (more than a few times on that one, lol) or don't work out as well as I had hoped, so I ditch them. Hopefully that won't happen this time!
Here are the first two pieces in the set ... these are boxy bags from the Patchy Apple website :) I did mine a little bit differently - I did some quick meander quilting to affix the batting to the lining, then pretty much followed her directions. What an EASY bag to make!! I should have stuffed it with plastic bags to show off the boxy shape - I'll probably do that when and if I get the entire set finished ;)
