Autumn Scraps

This was a quick project I actually finished over a week ago.  Just a bunch of scrap fabric that happened to work perfectly for an autumn table runner.

The border fabrics were just laying around waiting for a purpose.  I used a zig-zag stitch to quilt in a rectangle around the patches, then hand quilted the inside.

Well, that's not a great picture of the quilting, but at least you can kinda see where I couldn't get the chalk marking off.

Right now I'm trying to figure out quilted Christmas stockings.  REALLY don't think I'll have these done in time for this year, but maybe next year.

Machine Applique

My first autumn table runner is finally done.

I wasn't happy with my color choices once I had pieced the top, so I added some zaz to it with the appliqued leaves.  It was my first time doing any kind of applique, and I didn't do so hot.

I used a zig-zag stitch with some heavy yellow thread that you would normally use on jeans.  I thought it gave it a country primitive look.  But I messed up several times, and I'm afraid to wash it for fear the leaves will shred.

In the very center, I machine-quilted a design, which I ended up screwing up horribly.  So after carefully picking out the stitches, I hand-quilted the same design.  But it may never look quite right.

And here's the back.  All in all, I like it, and I'll definitely use it.  But it's certainly not up to the standards of being a gift.