Hello and welcome 😊 Thanks for dropping by. This week I was able to finish my scrappy runner and prepare my pieces for Out of the Box (OOTB) Fibre Artists' show, Fibre Fling 2025. Things are very slowly getting back to normal and I am very grateful!
Scrappy Runner Finish
It's finished and I'm so happy with it.
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| My Scrappy Runner and the two cuties |
If you recall, I made this runner, and the cuties, to place at the back of my car, to help me find my car when in a parking lot! It worked!!!
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| The cuties were posing on the trunk of the car |
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| They are now installed in their new home. |
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| This is what I see from outside. A great way to find my car😍 |
Here is a close-up of the runner. Some of the free motion quilting (FMQ) can be seen but some of it was very hard to see, as I was stitching it! The plan was to do an all-over pattern but after the first 5 strips, where I couldn't see what I was stitching, I decided that variety was a good thing!
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| FMQ - on the 4th and 5th strip, I couldn't see what I was stitching! |
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| More FMQ designs and the Velcro that keeps the cuties attached |
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| The other end of the runner |
Here is the FMQ from the back. I used scraps from the runner to bind the quilt. That's always fun!
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| Runner seen from the back |
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| So much FMQ texture |
The Scrappy Runner is also my Table Scrap Challenge for April. I thought that the colour was teal, which my runner has quite a bit of. Being scrappy, it also has red in the orphan blocks, which is the actual colour of the month. 😁 So I'm good for both colours but not the theme, which is rain. However, the cuties are bound to see rain since they're in the car!
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| Rain on the car! |
Fibre Fling 2025
Here are the two pieces that will be at Fibre Fling this weekend. I spent the evening preparing the pieces to be hung. I'm afraid that I don't always finish my pieces for exhibition (with hanging sleeve, label, etc.) as soon as I'm done.
You may remember my Project Quilting 16-1, Mythical Creatures. I made it in the allotted week, based on a TextileArtist.org workshop with Woo Jin Joo, on Korean mythology. You can check out the post in Related links below.
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| The Rabbit's Adventure - based on a Korean folktale. |
My second piece, called Scrap Happy, also comes from a TextileArtist.org workshop of July 2022. It was with Natalya Khorover and involved working with scraps. I didn't finish the piece as she suggested because I loved the scraps and embellishment as they were. I attached it on a canvas. I looked for this piece in my blog but it looks like it never got posted. So here it is, Scrap Happy. I have donated it for a raffle. Visitors to the show can buy tickets and put them in the boxes of the art that they would like to win. The funds go to the Food Bank, so it's a worthy cause.
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| Scrap Happy |
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| Fibre Fling 2025 - Friday and Saturday |
What I learned
- As always, I love playing with scraps. The runner was a fun, whimsical project that helped me get through these tough few weeks. Looking at the cuties in the back of the car makes me smile. This is exactly why I make quilts and art!
- It'll be nice to see The Rabbit's Adventure on display at the show. It's my best piece so far this year.
- I'm actually going to miss seeing Scrap Happy in my studio. I hope that it goes to someone who will also like it's whimsy and colour.
Related links
- Fun Scrappy Runner and Free Motion Mavericks, April 17, 2025
- Imagine and Free Motion Mavericks, April 09, 2025
- PQ 16 - 1 Mythical Creatures - A Korean Folktale, January 10, 2025
Linking parties
I'll be linking up to many fun linking parties. You may want to check some out after you've linked up below! Sew & Tell, Needle & Thread Thursday, Monday Musings, Put your foot down, Off The Wall Friday, Beauties Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts, 15 Minutes to Stitch 2025, Oh Scrap!, Slow Sunday Stitching,
Free Motion Mavericks
Welcome to week 528 of Free Motion Mavericks! It was a very productive week! Thanks for linking up. Here are the projects from last week that included FMQ, ruler work or walking foot quilting.
Preeti of Sew Preeti Quilts had two quilt patterns published! Two great quilts from one lovely fabric line.
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| Preeti's Brighton quilt was published in Make Modern Magazine |
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| Preeti's Let's Dance was published in Quilter's World |
Donnalee used one of her rulers to quilt gentle curves on her Wonky Hearts panel quilt. To see more details on how she quilted it, check out her post.
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| Wonky Hearts quilted by Donnalee |
Quilting Gail was on a retreat and used her new book, Picture Patchwork, to make three quilts. The first one is a great little train. Check out her post to read more about the book and see her other projects. Gail quilted the train using Silly Moon Rulers: Rocket and Beanie.
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| Quilting Gail's latest quilt - Train from a great new book |
It's now your turn!
You did find a fun way to pick your car out in the parking lot. That's always a challenge. Happy stitching this week.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Kate, it was a fun project and it is easier to find!
DeleteA fun bit of sewing and quilting with the 'runner' for your cuties and the car! Fibre Fling seems like an interesting weekend - hope you enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Raewyn, Fibre Fling was a huge success - probably the best show we've had in years! My cuties are now always at the back. Lots of colour and fun!
DeleteWhat a fun way to be able to find your car. Adorable, and the quilting definitely looks fun! Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Brenda. It was a very fun projects and now it's with me wherever I go!
DeleteNice finishes, I would be smiling behind you on the road. Thank you for linking up to Put your foot down.
ReplyDeleteThanks Denise, they make me smile too! Now I actually care if the birds poop on my rear window...and I clean it! Our cars are parked under two huge trees, and like my daughter says, "You keep feeding them, so...!"
DeleteOh bravo pour ce joli tapis, les 2 oursons sont maintenant bien installés, et tu peux repérer ta voiture de loin ! La personne qui gagnera ton Scrap Happy est bien chanceuse, très jolie pièce. Merci pour le partage !
ReplyDeleteMerci beaucoup Frédérique. Je ne connais pas la personne qui a gagné mon Scrap Happy mais elle a aussi acheté une piece à l'exhibition. Bonne semaine.
DeleteSuper cute project for your TABLE SCRAPS Challenge, Andree, and you even ordered up some rain for the photo op!! :o))
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful runner and clever way to differentiate your car in parking lots! Thank you for linking up with Favorite Finish.
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