Sew Crafty Friday

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It's Sew Crafty Friday again. Check out Shereen's blog at Waiting For Him to see everyone's crafts.

This week I decided to make a quilted table runner for Easter. You can make these with any size square but I started with a 6" square. Even though I made some mistakes at the end, I thought it turned out pretty cute.

Front view.
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Close-up
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Back view.
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I also bought some flannel this week and plan on making burp cloths for a friend who is having a baby in May. I can't wait to start working on these. The yellow looks really strange in this photo but it is a soft yellow.
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Hopefully, I'll have some done to show you for next week.

Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 21, 2008 at 7:52 AM

    Good job Terri! I love your choices of fabrics!

    Love, Tina :)

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  2. DianneMarch 21, 2008 at 10:17 AM

    I don't know how you manage to do so much in so little time. Your Easter quilted table runner is very attractive, Terri. I like the fabric you chose. Also the material for the baby burp clothes is real cute. It is amazing what you accomplish! Do you get up at 3AM to get all this work done and bloged by 6 AM?

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  3. TerriMarch 21, 2008 at 10:22 AM

    LOL! No, I don't get up at 3 a.m. to do this though maybe I would get more done! First of all, I'm not picking really complicated crafts and I work on it a bit at a time. I cut out the square and surrounding borders on Tuesday night and sewed just the middle square and border. On Wednesday I worked on it for about 1/2 hour. Yesterday, I worked on it for another hour. So over the course of the week I average maybe 1/2-1 hour per day on a craft project.

    I have a table up in my room with the sewing machine all set up on it so I can just sew as I want to. I don't have hours to work on these things so I just do a bit at a time.

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  4. RebeccaMarch 21, 2008 at 10:29 AM

    Oh to have had time to do some Easter crafting! I still have Easter fabric from THREE years ago that I had grand intentions for but STILL haven't gottan around to using it! Whaaaaah!

    You did a great job on the table runner! Happy EASTER!

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  5. Mom2furMarch 21, 2008 at 2:17 PM

    That is really cute! I bet your Easter table will be beautiful.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 21, 2008 at 8:25 PM

    Great job, I love your color and fabric choices, they look wonderful all put together.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 26, 2008 at 7:22 PM

    Lovely table runner. I really need to try some little quilting projects. I love the way they come out. Your fabric patterns are adorable. The burp cloth fabric will work out nicely.
    Great job.

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