ok, you're back. i'm tammie, and this is my blog. i love sharing fun ideas and links and loot with my readers, so if you're new here, i hope you'll stop back by to visit!
my five favorite things about summer are:
1. snow cones and funnel cakes!
2. annual 4th of July family reunion at lake okoboji IA
3. fresh fruits and veggies! especially cherries and sweet corn...
4. waterparks - love the slides!
5. baseball games
i wanted to share a quick project with you using those charm packs! i am a swapaholic, and i have stacks and stacks of 5 inch charms from the past couple of years, just waiting to be turned into quilted goodness. so last night during family movie time (eragon), i sorted out 24 charms in greens, golds, reds, and browns, with a smidge of turquoise and deep blue.
then this morning, i made a table runner (let's just pretend it's quilted, shall we?!)
isn't it cute? and so easy.
let me show you how to whip these blocks up.
first step, make 6 four patches from your 24 charms.
2nd step, slice them in half on each diagonal. these triangles will have bias edges, so just take care not to stretch them too much.
3rd step, rearrange them (on your design wall, or the floor) until you have an evenly balanced sense of color and patterns. now, stitch them back together! they can get a little bulky at the points, especially in the center, but go slow, use pins, and be sure to nest your seams!
4th step, once i had three blocks all stitched, i sashed them with 2 inch wide kona white strips. it took three WOF strips plus a little extra.
what do you think? i'm wishing i had sorted out enough squares to make a couple more rows, this would be a sweet lap quilt! by my calculations, you could make a lap quilt with 96 charms. so, 3 charm packs would work, with some left over! one last look:
hopefully i can get it quilted during naptime later. see you tomorrow with another giveaway!!
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5 comments:
I have lots of charms waiting to be turned into something amazing, too! Great job on the quick and easy table runner!
Super cute, especially with the bowl of cherries. That says summer to me!
With a bowl of cherries to make it complete:) Yummy!! Ayden figured out how to spit out the pits now so he can enjoy them with me:) Cute runner...I need to make some to switch out on my table or fireplace mantel or high counter top perhaps!
Beautiful! I love the combination of all of the fabric prints. :)
I am in the midst of making a quilt for my great grandson, all using charms. It is turning out so pretty! I also have swapped many times for the charms plus bought what I can. This means I have a huge amount of charms!
I am always on the lookout for patterns using charms. I love quilts and the many ways you are using the charms.
Thank you so much...
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