It's October! Yay! That means I can start decorating for Halloween. :)
(1) My 10 minute table runner that took several weeks. Only because it sat half finished on my shelf while I worked on other projects.
A close-up of the fun fabrics.
I also put up a giant spider web in the window & I have a wall hanging that's ready to be quilted. When I'm at The Sewing Summit this weekend I will be on the lookout for glow-in-the-dark thread.
(2) Remember my Jelly Roll Race quilt top? Well, it too sat on my shelf for weeks (months really). I thought it was going to be a tablecloth, but when I rearranged the dining area & tried it out on the table it was just too busy for my taste. So I changed direction slightly & decided to cut it up and make placemats & oven mitts.
But now I need your help. I don't know how I want to quilt it. I know I don't want to stitch in the ditch. Besides that I have no idea. For an extra incentive to get lots of quilting suggestions I will send a little thank you gift to the person who's suggestion I choose to use. So post those ideas!!
Here are the placemat tops. Fun, huh?
I'm still debating on the backing because I'm not really a fan of yellow, but it goes so well with the top AND I already had it in my stash. 2 will be bound with strips from the black jelly roll & 2 with the off-white.
(3) I made a new camera bag for my point & shoot. It's such an awesome camera and needed a truly awesome pouch to live in. I used some of my Terrain charm pack for the fun and colorful bag.
Be sure to stop by Canoe Ridge Creations if you haven't already to see what everyone else has been up to.
7 comments:
Love the camera case! What about stitching diagonally from two corners? I think that would look nice for the placemats.
What about criss cross through a few of the strips? Or swirlies through a few of the strips in each mat? Or overall swirlies??
I was going to suggest a criss cross quilting pattern too! That's be very cute!
What about lots of straight lines with a few diagonal lubes to sort of mimic the top? It looks great!
I don't know what kind of machine you have, but what about a decorative stitch of some sort between the strips?
I think simple 45 degree diagonal lines would look nice on those. The placemats look so great! What an awesome idea!
I agree with the others (although I might be too late to the party) that diagonal or cross hatch quilting would look fab. I am a bit of a fan of straighline echo-type quilting at the moment (which you probably have noticed) but since there aren't any shapes on this you'd have to start your own pattern. I love the thought of that freedom!
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