Nicola Foreman Quilts
  • BLOG
  • BAGS
  • CUSHIONS
  • QUILTYSTUFF
  • QUILTS
  • TABLERUNNERS
  • WALL HANGINGS
  • CONTACT ME

Sew SwapIt Runner

8/9/2012

6 Comments

 
Picture
I have joined a group on Facebook called "Sew SwapIt" and items are made and swapped among the group members. The swap this month is a table runner, and could be either a Halloween or Autumn theme, and these are the fabrics I have decided to use - an Autumnal collection called Gobble Gobble by Sandy Gervais for Moda..... 

Picture
.....I received only a little bit of information about the person who I'm making this runner for - she had requested autumn colours - and she'd said that although she was just starting to get into "modern quilting", she was not totally embracing it yet, but was trying to broaden her horizons, so this fabric range is ideal for the project I had in mind. Traditional piecing, but with a modern layout and quilting design. I thought my "swapee" would like these autumnal fabrics, in a variety of colours - greens, rusts, oranges and browns. Pumpkins, leaves, flowers and spots. Funky and modern patterns but traditional colours. I decided to design my own pattern for the runner - a modern layout, but made with traditional piecing.  So, I started off by cutting out lots of 2½" squares.....

Picture
.....I joined the squares together to make a nine-patch block, pressing my seams as I went along - then I joined 5 of these nine-patch blocks together..... 

Picture
.....asymmetric crisp linen borders were added on each side of the runner..... 

Picture
.....the runner was finished with simple machine quilting, using a dark brown Mettler quilting thread (top tip - I always use Schmetz Topstitch needles size 90 for quilting). I used a Clover Hera marker to mark quilting lines 1" apart, then quilted in the middle of these lines by using the edge of my walking foot as a guide.....

Picture
.....I have used matching prints from the same fabric range for both the backing and for the single-fold binding. And one of my labels as a final flourish? But of course.....  

Picture
.....and finally - here is the finished runner! This will be winging it's way across the sea to America - and no I'm NOT going to say who it is for yet, I don't want to spoil the surprise! Oh and I might just add a couple of extra "treats" for the lucky swappee!

6 Comments
Jessica
8/9/2012 05:50:00 pm

Beautiful! Great colors and love the linen touch to the sides.

Reply
Nicola link
9/9/2012 12:42:02 am

Thanks Jessica - I love using linen - it gives this runner a more contemporary feel - hope the "swapee" loves it too!!

Reply
linda collins
9/9/2012 12:30:08 am

love the colours.................autum is such a beatutiful time of year

Reply
Nicola link
9/9/2012 12:43:05 am

Thanks Linda - thankfully I've got enough of this fabric to make something Autumnal for me too!!!

Reply
Kathlyn
9/9/2012 02:39:26 pm

Love the colours, love it when the leaves begin to fall. Are you bringing it with you tomorrow xxx

Reply
Amy DeCesare link
2/10/2012 01:47:06 pm

Wow, this runner is fantastic. Without knowing your partner, from the way you described her, you really nailed her requests. The asymmetry, the linen and quilting will convert her to modern, next time!

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    About me...

    Hi - welcome to my quilting blog! My passions are my family, my dog, my friends and sewing, not necessarily in that order! 
    ​​I live in Suffolk, not far from the coast, surrounded by the beautiful countryside.  
    ​If you want to share or pin any of my pictures, please link back to my blog.

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010

    RSS Feed

    Picture
    Picture

    Blogs I follow

    A Quilt Lady
    A Quilting Life
    Abyquilt
    Anne-Grethe's quiltblog
    Anne Marie Quilt
    Bente Malm Quilte-Design
    Bloom
    Cinderberry Styitches
    Daisy made it
    Dilly Dimple
    Karis Quilterier
    Evas Quilterom
    Erickaeckles
    Fantasia Yarns
    Gail Pan Designs
    Hanne's Quilt Corner
    Halfpenny Home
    I'm a Ginger Monkey
    J-quilts
    Just Jude Designs
    Kviltstina
    Leanne's House
    Liv Aagots Quilteblogg
    Lily's Quilts
    Litamora's Quilt & Design
    Lynette Anderson Designs
    Merete's Quiltestue
    Mona's quiltblog
    Pam's Paradise Stitching
    Pia Si Sia
    Random Ramblings
    Sigrun's blog
    Sølvi's blog
    U-handblog
    ZewNice

     UK shops

    These are the UK shops that I use to purchase my quilting supplies - fabrics and threads etc.
    Bramblepatch
    Buttonberry
    Coast and Country Crafts
    Craft Den
    Cross Patch
    Emma's Fabric Studio
    Fiona's Fabrics
    Glenroy Designs
    Halfpenny Home
    Hulu
    J-quilts
    KIS Quilting
    Patchwork Chicks
    Quilter's Cloth
    Quilters Haven
    Sew and So's
    The Eternal Maker
    The Fat Quarters
    The Quilt Room
    U-handbag

    Australian links

    Cookies and Cream Craft
    Homespun magazine
    Little Quilt Store
    Quilt Fabric Delights
    Under The Mulberry Tree

    Scandinavian links

    Lapp-Elisa Quilts HB
    Lappedesign
    Lappedilla AS
    Myquilt
    Northern Quilts
    Quiltegården
    Quiltekroken
    Quiltemagasinet
    Quiltespecialisten
    Sy-Sammen