This is a table runner from the Thimbleberries program "You're Invited" for the month of March 2007. When I am typing these dates, I think wow, that was a long time ago, many years ago. There is no feeling like getting all of these projects finished. The baggage of unfinished projects can be heavy and discouraging in our quilting world.
Take this table runner for example, I put it aside this top as the pattern called for quite a bit of appliqué in and around the center blocks. I don't really like doing appliqué, so I put it away. When I set out to finish my UFO's, I told myself that I didn't need to do my projects like the pattern, and could do without the appliqué! What a feeling of control and freedom. This project turned out simple and something I really like without the appliqué. We need to learn to do what we like and what it takes to complete projects.
Take this table runner for example, I put it aside this top as the pattern called for quite a bit of appliqué in and around the center blocks. I don't really like doing appliqué, so I put it away. When I set out to finish my UFO's, I told myself that I didn't need to do my projects like the pattern, and could do without the appliqué! What a feeling of control and freedom. This project turned out simple and something I really like without the appliqué. We need to learn to do what we like and what it takes to complete projects.
It is a fairly large table runner, measuring 27" X 52". I have a table it will fit, but I haven't used it yet. I'm thinking of using it a gift for a distant friend who really appreciates the work that goes into these projects.
Also, I had to get creative for the backing. This is a different color value that Thimbleberries tried (and failed in my humble opinion), but it then cause difficulty in getting a matching or a close to matching fabric to use on the back. Then, I remembered that during the participation in this program, they sent me two of these kits by a mail mix up, when I called about it they told me I could just keep the second kit for free. I dug through my bins of kits and found the duplicate, and I had enough to create a backing using two of the fabrics from the front. Win! Win! The rest of the kit went into the scrap bin for future scrap quilts.
Warmest...
Size: 27" x 52"
Fabric Lines Used: Thimbleberries
Colors: Red, Yellow, Blue, Green
Pattern: Garden Party (Thimbleberries "You're Invited" 03/07)
Designer: Lynette Jensen
Long Arm Quilter: Carol Nelson
Year Began: 2007
Year Completed: 2018
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