Swell Runner

Happy 2019! Long time no blogging! After much consideration, I have realized how MUCH I missed connecting and sharing on my blog. Yes, I have spent much time on Instagram and my Facebook page, but it is not the same. FB and IG have become impersonal forms of social media to me. I once welcomed it, as I have always felt my blog was very personal because it was not just quilting, but a reflection of my life/journey aka piecing, working on projects, family, events, random daily things…AND machine quilting. Personal is not always easy for me. Some of you may recall from the early years of this blog, my dear Sarge (dog) was my profile pic for many years. Soooo, I am back to blogging more. YAY!! I am not leaving IG or FB, just adding blogging back too. FYI, My blog, I have noticed a few issues with the tab bar missing for example, although you can click on it, the tabs are “hidden.” I will work on getting that fixed.

Christmas came and went, as did 2018. I did manage to complete some projects of my own.

Swell runner….oh how I love thee. I have coveted (mini hoarded) Swell Christmas fabric by Urban Chiks for Moda since it’s release. I love the retro look of it. I mean, how can you not love that Santa?? And remember, I never met a fabric I didn’t like. 🙂 I finally got around to getting a little “fix” by making this runner. I believe it measures 18″ x 57″ or so. I used one charm pack, some Moda Bella Solids for the background and some Swell yardage for the borders.

I used the Moda Cupcake Recipe Mix #4 from Genius, Carrie Nelson of Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co. to piece the (gazillion) HSTs. Pretty sure I can easily make another runner with the HSTs I have left over OR a mini quilt. Have you tried those Cupcake Mixes yet?? Oh my, super fun!! And yes, all my HSTs are not going in the right direction in the block photo, but I caught it before I stitched it up.

I machine quilted it with an edge to edge on my Innova with the digital pattern called Squared by Leisha Farnsworth. I love this design on quilts! I just added it to my machine pattern library recently and I swear I have quilted it over a dozen times! Also, did you know you can send quilts to me for computerized edge to edge quilting?? Oh yes! I am running a very good special, flat rate pricing with free return shipping! Check out the designs and details here.

Love how it turned out!

Naturally, no binding…yet. Hopefully, by next Christmas. 🙂

Also, in celebration of me blogging again, I have extended my holiday sale of my QP Curve Templates, Rulers and Quilt DVD, shop link here, through Monday January 21 2019. Regular prices will resume on Tuesday January 22 2019. NOT only that, I am adding a discount code for blog readers. Use the code BLOG in the discount box for an additional $10 off any bundle, set or DVD. Cannot be combined with any other codes or previous discounts.