Friday Finish!

I really had to push this one to finish it tonight, lol. I wanted a runner for my bedroom table and since it would be covered with items, I didn't want to go fancy. I did want nice colors so I used a 5" charm pack of Metropolitan Fair by Barbara Brackman.

I thought this would be a good quilt to practice my machine skills with, but then I decided to hand stitch it with black thread, which was a lot more work than I realized. This is a long piece, 51" x 16". I stitched down and across the blocks, then an X in each one, as well as a border stitch.

This is a fun and easy project for charm packs and great for those long tables. I tend to move things around the house when I need more space, somewhere else and this is how the table go in this room. I am also going to hang my cross quilt over the table and then I can frame my cross stitches and put them around the quilt.

The mailbox is on the table for now, since the air conditioner is in front of the table, it usually goes on. Later I can redecorate this table to match the biblical theme. The table doesn't really match the room but it will do for now.

Here is a close up of the stitching. I rushed it a bit, so there are big and little stitches, but it adds to the charm;)

Giveaway Goodies!

This week I received some wonderful gifts and goodies from giveaways, that I entered and I wanted to share them with you.

Brenda from THE RUSTY THIMBLE makes wonderful primitives that she sells in her ETSY STORE and she also has giveaways to share with her readers. I was the lucky winner last month of one of her snowman ornies and I just love him. Her creations have so much character and are beautifully made, a picture does not do it justice. She also surprised me with some extra goodies, a wonderful prim crow, that will look great in a grouping, any time of the year and a beautiful santa charm.

I also want to thank all of you who voted for me in the THIS-N-THAT quilt contest. It seems that 4 of us had the same amount of votes and they were generous enough to give us all prizes. I picked out 3 different yards, one with green print for christmas quilting, the fabric with writing made me think of art quilts, so I will have to come up with ideas to use it with and the zig zag print was neat, lol. It has a bit of a prim look to it, so it will be fun trying to come up with ideas to use it in. I also got Barbara Brackmans new Metropolitan Fair and two mini packs to make mini quilts with. THIS-N-THAT FABRICS is having a great sale on fabrics and charm packs, so if you need to add to your stash, now is a good time to stock up.