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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Christmas Quilt Show Entry

SewCalGal is hosting a Christmas Quilt Show (http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/), and I've decided to enter one of the items I made during the Christmas Quilt Along that Sue from Quilt Times hosted from August through November.  In fact, yesterday was our last qal day.  My entry is something I began in August during the first Saturday's sewing, and didn't finish until just a few weeks ago. I had bought some panels about thirty years ago or so (can you believe it?  We don't throw anything away in this house!), and wanted to make something with them.  This table runner is what resulted.

This is the first bigger piece on which I used free motion machine quilting .  It isn't perfect, and I ripped out alot of stitches, but I quilted it with many loops in variegated thread that is red, white and green. 

The white fabric is also vintage from the same period.  I found it in the house put away and rolled up with the name of the store still on it.  In the eighties, when I was in my 30's,I was very much into hand crafts.  I quit smoking when I hit 30 and fortunately I had an outlet to keep my hands busy.

I love the panels in this runner.  They are romantic and gentle, and I hope I displayed them well.  They were meant to be made into small pillow ornaments, but this is better.





The backing is decorative as well. 

There is a second part to this post that isn't connected to the Quilt Show, but it is my personal show of the items I made during the Christmas Quilt Along.

The Christmas Tree wall hanger in the upper left was made the first morning, and I began the runner in the afternoon.  The lower left shows a quilt I began second month (and haven't finish yet, but I will:) ), and the polar bear wall hanging was begun that month.  I worked on both of them the third month, and yesterday I made the block in the lower right.  Those are my accomplishments from the qal, and I think I did pretty well, don't you? 

God Bless Everyone!


37 comments:

  1. I love your table runner!! And your FMQ looks great (I am just learning to FMQ too)

    Thanks for sharing it in the show.

    (Moxie is adorable)

    SheilaC

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  2. Your wall hanging is beautiful! What a treasure in those panels!

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  3. I bet you are glad that you saved it...what a lovely wall hanging.

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  4. I love your table runner. Such a gorgeous panel! Definitely worth keeping. Hugs Ariane

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  5. Your table runner has turned out so well. The little panels are lovely. Great work with your quilting.
    Thats an impressive display of finished work!!

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  6. Wowwee, I hadn't really realised just how much you got done on QAL days. There are some fantastic things in there, but I specially loved the runner and quilting it with the variegated thread was the perfect finishing touch.

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  7. Wow you got loads done during the quilt alongs.
    I love that table runner. What a great idea to use up the panels. Much better than individual cushions

    Love and hugs Gina xxx

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  8. Wow - wish i could be so productive!! great projects!

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  9. Wow, you've really been working. The runner is lovely, nice to find such great fabric stashed away. Thanks for sharing.

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  10. The blocks in your table runner are very pretty.
    Congratulations on finishing all your projects. A nice variety.

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  11. I think you did fabulous!!!! I love the vintage green and white.

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  12. Great tablerunner! You accomplished quite a few things in the quilt along!

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  13. I like the motifs all together, too, rather than as individual pieces. But I'm sure that would be cute, too! How fortunate you had some coordinating fabric stashed away!

    Wonderful projects from the QAL.

    ...Karen

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  14. Very pretty. The panels are lovely and so is the background fabric.

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  15. What a lovely runner. Those panels are so charming! Oh my you have been very busy indeed! All looks so festive!

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  16. Wow, you'd never know the fabric and panel are 30 years old! They look fantastic - great combination and I love the variegated thread you used! Thanks, too, for stopping by to see my Christmas quilt!

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  17. All of them are so pretty! Good for you! And I too love the variegated thread, very good choice.

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  18. I had to laugh at your post of not throwing anything away. I quit smoking in '78 and know hand work definitely helped in that process. The quilt is pretty and panals are unique and unusual for our time. I really like them. Good use of panals. Love Lois

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  19. thank you for sharing all your lovely quilted projects...

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  20. I am amazed at how good those panels look for being over 30 yrs old. They have turned out lovely :)

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  21. I really like your table runner and your quilting looked great. And the table full of projects looks like you are going to have a very colorful Christmas. ;-)

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  22. What a wonderful runner. Very nice quilting!

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  23. Love your tablerunner. The quilting looks wonderful.

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  24. This is a beautiful quilt. I think the panels look better than they would have looked as pillows. Love the quilting.

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  25. It's lovely. I like very much fabrics.

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  26. What a great project. And, I love your quilting!

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  27. Like the variegated thread choice!!

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  28. Wow! You've been busy. Love the vintage fabric. Your free motion quilting with the varigated thread is the perfect compliment to the fabrics!

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  29. I love the fabric! nice quitled runner!

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  30. Well, what can I say? Great table runner (in my favorite colour...) and great quilting too. Wonderful work!
    Elzaan

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  31. Your runner is wonderful. Your machine quilting is great. Wish I had the nerve to give it a try.

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  32. Love thee name of your blog! Your quilt is so adorable and agree the panels are very romantic and pretty!

    Happy sewing!

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  33. Your tablerunner looks great! I love the blocks.

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