Over the last two years I’ve
made several projects from Lori Holt’s wonderful book, "Farm Girl Vintage." I’m
happy to report that I finally made one of Lori’s small Harvest tablerunners. This has been on my “must make” list since
the first night I sat down in my comfy chair with a cup of tea and enjoyed Lori’s
book, cover to cover. I’m so happy with how this runner turned out.
I have to give credit
to LouLou’s Fabric Shop for inspiring me to finally make this autumn runner. LouLou’s
offers weekly custom-curated fat quarter bundles (LouLou’s Bundles). When I saw
the August bundle pictured below, I knew I had to have it. But it wasn’t until I had the bundle in my happy
little hands that inspiration truly struck. I pulled out Lori’s book, found the
Furrows block tablerunner photo on page 106, and (I’m pretty sure) squealed
aloud. Woo hoo!
I decided to make the
small version of the Harvest tablerunner, which calls for twelve 6 1/2” Furrows
blocks. My LouLou Bundle included eight fabulous fall prints to get me started,
and I decided to add four prints from my stash: three neutrals and one more
butterscotch orange. I organized these
twelve into six pairs, and began making the flying geese. I followed Lori’s
clear instructions, but I enjoyed the creative aspect of putting the fabrics
together and arranging the layout.
I quilted my
tablerunner using Aurifil 2214 (Golden Honey) 50wt. It's a soft golden orange
that I’ve used before with Halloween and autumn projects. It must be a “Taunja” color, because it seems
to blend with so many fabrics in my stash!
My quilting pattern is
simply a 1 1/2” square grid, but it gives the illusion of rectangles and
smaller squares due to the seams of the flying geese. Another advantage to this “offset” quilting pattern
is that none of my stitched lines fell “in the ditch” which I typically avoid, especially on a small project where I’ve pressed most seams open.
While I was having fun
taking photos of my new runner, it came to mind that this might look pretty
darn cute with my new Pumpkin Sky pillow. The morale to this story is, if you
see a fat quarter bundle that you love, BUY it! It will most likely look lovely
with the other things you already have around your house, even if you don’t
initially have a plan for it!
I hope you’ll visit
LouLou’s Fabric Shop and check out the weekly LouLou Bundles and all their
other terrific products. Shop owner
Jamie has a great eye for pulling together pretty bundles, and she also goes
the extra mile to help her customers create their own custom bundles!
Thanks for stopping by
the blog today! I hope you get carried
away buying fat quarter bundles to your heart’s desire . . . and sewing them
up, of course!
~Taunja
Love it, love it, LOVE IT!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Barbara! Do you have the Farmgirl Vintage book? You would love it! Even on those days when we might not feel like sewing, it's one I can look at again and again and enjoy! Wishing you a good weekend dear!
DeleteEverything you make is to die for... TO.DIE.FOR!! Your fabric choices are always so spot on!! You have got to be my favorite quilty blogger!!
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