Rabbit, rabbit! I remembered to say this good luck charm this morning. Here's why.
October was a month of happy acquisition. (If you missed it, here is the post with photos!)
Fabric IN, October: 208-1/4 yds, $1.32. [I bought 3-1/2 yds for $1.32 at an estate sale.]
Fabric OUT, October: 41-5/8 yds. [That doesn't count the two boxes of wool yardage I gave to the rug hooking group.]
Fabric IN, YTD: 452-3/8 yds , $876 (avg. $1.93/yd)
Fabric OUT, YTD: 480 yds
Net decrease: 27-5/8 yds
My One Monthly Goal for November is to make a table runner. My friend Marilyn has a Boston terrier named Molly. I bought a yard of Boston terrier fabric at Fabricate , the wonderful quilt shop in Bar Harbor. For her birthday I gave Marilyn the fabric with a coupon for "a quilted item of your choice." She chose a table runner. I haven't settled on a pattern but I've begun to pull coordinating fabrics. (Note the paw prints on the selvedge!)
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I was inspired by a pattern by Jo and Kelli Kramer published in McCall's Quilting earlier this year. Their design used 2.5" squares and strips. Mine uses 2". (I have a shoebox of 2" squares.) I made the light-strip blocks first. The dark-strip blocks used all but a sliver of that particular print. Oh, no. There's not enough contrast between the strips and everything mooshes together. A solution is in the works! Stay tuned. Linking up with OMG at Elm Street Quilts and Needle and Thread Thursday 
Good luck with your November goal. Looking forward to seeing the finish.
ReplyDeleteScrap quilts are a great idea! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and good luck with your project.
ReplyDeleteFun birthday gift! And a table runner is a good choice ;) Lovely fabrics, and pretty scrappy blocks too!
ReplyDeleteI love your innovative birthday gift! What a great idea! Now, what solution did you mastermind for your scrappy blocks? Can’t wait to see!
ReplyDeleteOver 400 yards of fabric!!! You cannot see it but I am screaming, fire is coming out of my eyes and smoke from my ears. You must be working on a very large quilt or two. OK, now my breathing has returned to normal. I think that is great scrapbuster quilt you have on your design wall. I will put the rabbit times three note on my calendar for Dec 1.
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