Bouncing around

 I am feeling like a rubber ball bouncing around the room, LOL.  Seriously I have a lot of different projects I am working on, all in different stages and keep bouncing from one to another.  

Two of three Easter runners have been quilted. Will bind and applique after the third one gets to this stage.

Tuesday morning two of three St. Patrick's runners were quilted and bound in the afternoon. Ready for applique after I get the third one quilted and bound.

I cut both of the following St. Patty runners on Sunday and pieced them Monday. Quilted this one Tuesday morning, it's awaiting it's binding. 

Plan to quilt this round one today.

Also in the last three days I started cutting/kitting up projects to work on this winter. Several Morning Star runners were cut with the accuquilt die. A few pumpkin wall hangings are ready. I didn't cut those all out, just made sure I had the fabrics needed together. 

All WIPS(work in progress) so I will link up with Wednesday Wait Loss. 

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

To Do Tuesday #37

 What a week it has been, so much done and so tired!  Okay here were the goals I had set for the week:

1. Another strawberry table runner-✅

My customer requested a strawberry runner with a plain green border instead of my usual checkerboard. She was thrilled when I sent the finished photo.

2. Two patriotic reversed S swirl runners-✅

These were part of the order of 14 table runners, from one lady, through my Etsy shop.

3. Finish another panel that I started yesterday-✅

I posted about this HERE

4. Two Easter table runners for an order-✅

These were also part of the order of 14 table runners, from one lady, through my Etsy shop.

                                          

5.And if I have time for anything else that would be awesome!✅

This was also a customer request.  She knew exactly what she wanted, Green background with the checkerboard in red and white.  The snowman was to look like Frosty the snowman with his black top hat and flower in his hat. I had never seen a Frosty with a flower before, but she sent a pic and I did my best to make it look like that.  I left the flower to be dimensional and added a yellow button to hold it all in place. 

I have officially completed all my Etsy orders and now I have nothing planned for the week!  I will just roll with the punches and see what happens.  When is the last time you have heard me say that:0   So officially I don't have any goals.  But you know I will be working on table runners here and there.  I mean that is what I do! 

Linking with our To Do leaders Roseanne and Sue at Home Sewn By Us.  I am anxious to go see what others have accomplished this past week. 

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