Hippity Hop

Down the bunny trail I go;)  Hello February, I know we say it often but where has the time gone, how could it be February already!

Once an idea pops into my head and I have a little free time I go with it.  Such is the case with these irrestible guys. Using the same idea as my Gnome/hearts/shamrocks for the runner and then after quilting add the bunnies. I modified a bunny applique from EQ8. 

Check out the pink gingham for his ears! His little nose is felt and buttons for eyes. The whiskers I stitched on with my domestic machine and black thread. 

Oh the benefits of having a rather large stash of fabrics is that I can shop my stash and make a runner in an afternoon! And it is already listed in my shop. 

Don't you love this backing fabric!  I just picked it up at my local JoAnns on Sunday, clearance at $3.30 a yard. A couple more in the same color scheme but different prints for the same price might have jumped in my cart! Three yards of each will yield backings for 18 table runners. I have several different runners than can use these colors. 

Next up is back to working on a UFO, not sure exactly when I started this as I didn't document it with a photo it seems. The closest I can get is somewhere in the last 4 years while we were in Arizona. I'll tell you more in a later post;)

If you are looking for more inspiration than you already have swimming around in your brain check out the projects at these linky parties I am linking to:

Midweek Makers

Wednesday Wait Loss

NTT

Dreaming of Summer

Yes I am 'dreaming' of summer already.  This is my DrEAMi for February. I am so over winter, LOL  we've had more cold snaps than usual.  We did get a little more snow yesterday, not as much as originally forecast.   Not that I have anywhere that I have to go but still.  It'll be good for sledding and perhaps the Grandsons will come over and enjoy it with us.

Anyway, here is what I was making while doing my dreaming.  A watermelon table runner.

Once again I turned to EQ8, I really am loving it now and find myself using it more than I did 7. Things seem easier to find in 8.   After designing and piecing the center section, I made a trip to the store to see what I could find for the border.  I think this red check is perfect for it.

A green fabric, cut on the bias and run through a tape maker, is what I used for the rind.  In the process of pressing it into the right curve, I discovered if you spritz the fabric before curving it works much better.  The reds are all strips from my scrap/string bin.  This is the second time I used bias tape in an applique process...March 1st you will see my first project with it!  Yep doing that a little backward.  But the first project is my Island Batik March challenge, and it isn't quite finished yet, not to mention it's not March yet!

 Now I step back into Spring with another bunny runner.  The hubster says this one is his favorite so far.

Actually it was 2 bunny runners as I also had an order for this one, at 65" long.  You can see how much longer it is in the middle.  He is hopping his way to her as we speak. 

Linking with Oh Scrap, DrEAMi and MCM

Hippity Hop

Down the bunny trail I go...
I needed something in my Etsy shop for Easter. I got to looking in EQ8 for inspiration and there was this paper pieced bunny.  I enlarged it a bit and whipped him up.  He is as cute as a real bunny!  Maybe not quite as cuddly though, since he is for a table runner.

Thoughts of adding an applique funky flower in the middle had been there until I was all done with it.  I think most people have a centerpiece in the middle, so anything I put there would get covered up anyway.



















The outer border I quilted with an oval template to represent Easter eggs.  Simple allover meander in the center and some outline quilting for the bunny.  The whiskers were done while he was still on the longarm, easy peasy.

He hopped right out of my Etsy shop, along with his identical twin!   BUT...

















This cutie pie has replaced him.  I am so glad the fabric store is close to me as I am over there a lot!!














 This week I'll be making another color of this one, and much longer.  My customer wants it 65" long.  I made her a long shamrock one and when she got it she loved it so much she wants this Easter one.

 We had some leftover meat sauce from spaghetti last weekend so I cooked more pasta to go with it.    I used a small pan so I broke the pasta in half before cooking it.  When I took off the lid this is what it looked like.  A spaghetti donut!!

 Linking with MCM, Linky Tuesday, Wednesday Wait Loss,Midweek makers,Let's Bee Social