Saturday, May 22, 2010

Blogger's Quilt Festival



The tale of two table runners -
My brother's youngest son was getting married last fall, so we took the easy route and purchased a gift from their registry list.  Then my feeling of guilt took over, as I usually make my gifts.  Since I didn't know his bride-to-be, I decided to make a table runner.  (The picture shows both sides)  One side is Christmas and the other is made from some grays and neutrals that I picked up at a quilt show in Hershey PA last summer.  I had fun quilting feathers in the large triangle spaces.


I liked the results so much that I made the second table runner with the rest of the fabrics, along with a few from my stash just for me!  The second runner is paper pieced and was a bonus pattern from Quiltmaker magazine.

12 comments:

  1. Very beautiful quilt work ,I like it special form solution :)
    Marika

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  2. I love the double-sided runner, what a great idea and the subtle grey side is particularly elegant.

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  3. What gorgeous feathers, Susan! Beautiful!

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  4. Beautiful table runners. Great design, fabrics, colors, prints, quilting. Inspirational!

    SewCalGal
    www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

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  5. The table runner your made for your nephew is gorgeous. My favorite side is the grey side. The feathers are amazing. And love that you got a table runner out of it too. Thanks for a fun stop on my Blogger's Quilt Festival tour.

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  6. Beautiful! I love your quilted feathers. I hope to be able to that one day. :-)

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  7. great idea making it two sided!!! Happy May 24!

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  8. The feather quilting is wonderful. What a lovely gift.

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  9. Homemade gifts are the best kind! I like the double sided idea--I will have to tuck that one away!
    I was just in Kingston for the first time this weekend-lovely! I didn't have time to look for fabric shops :) plus, my husband wouldn't think it was too cool.

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  10. Gorgeous quilting on those table runners! Are you really in Kingston, ON? Me too!

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  11. Lovely!

    I lived in Hershey for years, and I currently live only minutes away. I could have brushed right by you at last year's Quilt Odyssey!

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