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| In place on the china hutch |
This week I have another Christmas project for you. This is a table runner I made using designs from Embroidery Library. I stitched out the 7.8 x 7.8 size on white felt and then cut the square to 9.5 x 9.5 for a finished square size of 9 x 9. The three colors I used were Isacord 3951(dusty blue), 3842(country kitchen blue) and 3743(blue ink).
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| Christmas carriage |
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Christmas church
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| Christmas snowman |
I took the stitched out blocks with me to Patched Works and bought fabric that matched. I framed each piece with the silver color cut 1.5" for a finished width of 1". For the background, I was having a hard time deciding which way to run the 'stripes'. I posted a photo of each way on Instagram and asked for opinions.
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| Which way should the stars/stripes go? |
The answers very pretty evenly tied but I went with the vertical stripes as someone commented that it looked like falling snow. I liked that explanation. That also allowed me to cut the top and bottom from the length of the fabric so there were no seams.
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| Back |
I cut the star fabric 4.5" wide for a finished width of 4 inches. Overall it finished to be 19" x 49". I used the same star fabric for the back and used a dark blue batik for the binding. I quilted it by stitching in the ditch around both sides of the silver frame.
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| Finished |
Next week I will share with you two everyday wall hangings I made for the dining room that use some of the same fabrics. These projects were a lot of fun. They took some planning and math but the sewing was fairly straight forward
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