So, I did this thing!!! I stepped outside my comfort zone and created something that I have fallen in love with. I had a similar idea percolating in the back of my mind, but a project for my niece was the push I needed to bring it to life. Emily—or as I like to call her, Em—is my brother’s oldest daughter and the third of my siblings’ kids to get married. When I told her I’d love to help in any way, I was thrilled when she reached out, asking me to make a tablecloth for ...
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December 31, 2024
Em’s Bridal Shower Tablecloth: My Creative Journey
from Brown Bird Designs Quilts
September 10, 2021
making progress
from Karen Ann Ruane
hand embroidered table cover
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September 14, 2020
Design Wall Monday - September 14, 2020
from Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
Good Morning Quilters! This week I didn’t get much done that I think would interest you, but I am reporting in anyway. You notice that I try not to talk about bad weather, fires, politics, people behaving badly, etc. I know it is all happening, but I would rather this blog be a little spot of happy quilt talk and friendship. So a non-quilty thing I’m going to report this week is that
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Making a Tablecloth for a Large Round Table
from Buzzing and Bumbling
I love setting a pretty table.
A Christmas setting from a few years ago. Because I used regular cotton quilting fabric, I needed 9 yards. |
My biggest problem is that my table is too large to use commercial tablecloths. I just can't find any big enough!
Fortunately, it is pretty easy to make my own.
I like to find upholstery and drapery fabric when I can (on sale of course!). It is 60" wide and comes in pretty colors and patterns.
I buy 6 yards (sometimes 7, if I need to match a design) and sew two 3 yard ...
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