Christmas table runner

 

 Finishing this has been my One Monthly Goal for November.

I managed it!

Here it is: quilted, labelled and bound.

detail of embroidery and quilting

with a pretty Danish fabric for the backing.

The pattern, including the embroidery motifs, was from a QAL by Jacquelynne Steves. I thought about the quilting for a long time, and then, as time was running out, I went for a meander. I used off-white 50 wt thread (Aurifil 2309) on the off-white triangles, and very dark green (5012) on the rest. I used off-white quilting thread in the squares with embroidery. The embroidery was done with 3 strands of  DMC stranded cotton.

By the way, that's not black fabric there, but very, very dark green. It's darker than I expected when I ordered it online!

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Marly.

OMG November

 My goal for November is to finish my Christmas table runner which still needs quilting and binding.

Fa La La Table runner, pattern by Jacquelynne Steves

My goal for October was to quilt my Shoo Fly top, but progress was nil! It will reappear in the New Year, when I hope to have a little more time, and more inclination to quilt. Now I just have to concentrate on working out a quilting plan for the table runner.

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Marly.

Goodbye Yellow!

 Angela gave us yellow as October's colour of the month.

 Ten 6" Scrap Snap blocks made this month:

All but the last two seams were leaders and enders while I was sewing a Christmas table runner. Both blocks and table runner top were finished yesterday.

This pattern was presented as the "FaLaLa" SAL by Jacquelynne Steves, and is available on her website until the end of this month (or so). Or at least not for much longer, as the QAL has finished and the pattern will only be available from her shop in future.  

I am not adding more borders as suggested in the pattern; that would be too much for my table. The blocks came together really quickly once I'd finished the embroidery. I haven't embroidered much over the last forty years !! so progress was slow. The satin stitch holly berries gave me the most distress, but these are the best ever - by me - though they wouldn't win any prizes! In the pattern some of the centre pieces had text in them, but as not everyone here reads English I only embroidered pictures.

My goal for October, to quilt my shoo fly quilt, didn't happen. I'm toying with the idea of having a UFO-only year next year; I wonder if I'll be able to resist the temptation of starting something new.

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Marly.