Patriotic Parade #2

Happy 4th of July to all my U.S. followers!

 Let the second Patriotic Parade begin.  Another favorite design to piece is my reversed S swirl runner. Fun and easy to make using a 10 degree wedge.

This is a pattern from GE Designs in one of her books.

A ten degree round wedge in red, white and blues.

Using a 60 degree diamond ruler and a pattern by Krista Moser I created this topper easily.

And one last one.

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Quilting and knitting

Tis the season to get your decorating ideas in mind.  My customers have turned their thoughts to getting ready for Christmas so I needed to remake a few items.  Which of course is not a problem for me, I love it!  Crazy Trees by Saginaw Street is so fun to make. 

And so happy to make another of my S swirl runners.  This one has poinsettia fabric that I used for my main fabric and then pulled the red and green from that for the additional fabrics.  I love to set it all off with a black with gold metallic flecks. 

Since the weather has taken a turn for the cold already this year, I dug into my winter sock bin.  I've have been enjoying wearing some of my hand knit socks.  So I got a bug to make more while watching TV or riding in the car/truck for some longer upcoming rides.  Thank goodness I had written a blog post about the first couple pair so I have reference as to what pattern and needle size.  The pattern is a free one from Ravelry called Echo Beach Sock and I am using size 2 double pointed needles.  I can only do a little at a time or my wrists and thumb acts up. 

So that is what I have been up to in the last couple days. How about you, what has captured your attention this week. 

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Fall into Winter

As usual I am jumping from one season to another and back again!  The first craft show of the season is done.  I know some of you will ask how it was.  While not fabulous it was pretty good, all of my snowman table runners sold at this show.   One of the other items that sold was my Christmas S swirl table runner.  So I came home and whipped up two more. They, along with lots of other items were delivered to another craft show yesterday.  That show starts on Halloween and goes through mid November. 

Oops, when I made these I didn't pay attention to how I laid the two halves together.  Thus, the different curvature of them.  It does not affect their functionality so I left it. 

I've had two cute fat quarters of  brown with modern color leaves for well over a year and just could't decide what to make with them. After seeing the Christmas S swirl runners selling, I decided I should make a fall one.  The brown fat quarters were in the right place at the right time;)

 Isn't it fun with the pop of teal in there.  The brown leaf print has teal leaves although they didn't appear as strong as I would have liked to see after cutting it up. 

I know you have seen my snowman runners many times over, but I have to prove I am getting things done!  Or perhaps it is my way of documenting them for myself:)  These two made their way to the delivery yesterday.

 These are from my Tilting Trees pattern which I used to have on Craftsy.  They let me keep my shop but they deleted all my patterns but one. So I still have Through the Window pattern on bluprint.  But I am looking into opening up a second Etsy shop with only my patterns.

This is also one of my patterns, Three Snow Dudes.  I made two of these, one for the upcoming craft show and one went into Etsy last night.  They were identical and I didn't remember to get a picture of them together.  Oh shoot, I didn't get a photo of my 60 dishcloths I machine knit this last week too!  Yes it was a nose to the grindstone kind of week, crunch time.  Thankfully my sweet hubby helped out by making dinner for us every night this week.  Another busy day today of finishing up two runners and then getting a start on more snowman ones.   Have a fabulous fall weekend!

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