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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Christmas Quilt Along - November - 1st

Sue of Quilt Times is hosting today's qal http://www.quilttimes.blogspot.com , and it's our last for this year.  That's why I wanted to work with Christmas fabrics and images.  I began yesterday so that I could get complete the futzing part and get on with the real work.  Will you be surprized if I told you it took me almost an hour just to pick out the fabric from stash? 

I have wanted to make a sleigh applique table runner for a while now, so a few weeks ago while looking for  designs for cross-stitching I spied an image I liked and copied it on paper.  Then yesterday I enlarged it, re-drew, and finally got it somewhat to what I wanted.



 I have the second sleigh to tweek a bit.
It's cute, isn't it?

I also had a panel and decided to use it for a table cover.  I sewed on the border, so all this needs is sandwich and quilting.  Unfortunately, I didn't choose the backing yet, so I may be MIA while that's done.
Those are my projects so far.  Time to get to work on them.

6 comments:

  1. love the projects, can't wait to see them completed.

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  2. Oh - the sleighs are very cute!

    I wouldn't have thought about using blue for the table cover, but it's a great choice - it goes really well with the panel.

    Are you being indecisive today, or do you have such a huge stash of fabrics that it took you that long to get through it all? {{grin}}

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  3. I love the sleighs. They're going to look great.

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  4. I agree with everyone else! Love the projects! It ALWAYS takes me longer to pick out my fabrics than it should!

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  5. Grat projects, but love the santa in blue!

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  6. I am not surprised that it took an hour to pick out fabrics...I'd say "that fast?" lol

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