Finished 2 Table Runners

 

Hello, 

It's already the end of August and my boys are getting ready to go back to college. Summer breaks came and went pretty fast. In between, me and my younger son, we went to Indonesia to visit my family. It was rather unplanned trip, as we saw the Malaysian Airline ticket was pretty reasonable, we quickly book the tickets just a few days before we left. Alhamdulillah, I can meet my mom, my sisters and their family in Indonesia even though it was a short visit. I met a few friends from my working days in Jakarta and few college friends too. It's always nice to be able to meet and catch up with family and friends personally, even though we keep interacting via Whatsapp or social media. 

NSCB International Airport - Kolkata

KLIA Terminal 1

My new fave passport cover & wristlet

And of course I went fabric shopping in Malang and Jakarta! Luckily our tickets includes 25 kg baggage allowance, so I can pick up few fabrics! 

Some fabrics from Ratu Busana Jakarta

After I came back home, I can't help feeling "guilty" for buying so many new fabrics! So the next best thing I do is taking out one charm pack from my stash and make them into table runner!. I always think of making more table runners for my small quilt shop in Etsy. I barely get any time to refresh the shop hence the sale does not happen every month! But I love making small quilts and put them in the shop. Many I ended up gifting them to my family and friends :). 

I also finished the block print table runner! The plan was to start quilting a few UFO that I already basting, but I always end up doing something else.

This time, I am happy with the result. I quilted them in my Husqvarna Viking machine using my fave serendipity stitch lines! 

This modern table runner size is 14" x 39" which is prefect for kitchen table or even long coffee table. 

Modern Table Runner

Block Print Table Runner

I used cotton batting for both runners and it turned out very soft, especially the block print one. The skinny block print table runner is finished at 9” W x 37” L  (23 x 94 cm). It's great for those narrow side tables or foyer tables. 

The block print fabrics are from HERE  

I made a few patchwork placemats too before leaving for the Indonesian trip, I'll write about it in my next post!  

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, I hope you enjoy reading my blog. 

Have a nice day!

Elvira

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Indigo Patchwork Table Runner

 

Indigo Patchwork Table Runner

This table runner took a bit longer to complete than expected. It's sidetracked so many times because I have to complete other works first and sometimes the mood to quilt is taking vacation! 

Actually I was inspired to make this table runner after cutting fabric bundles for the shop. The bundles are sold out now but I have a few more indigo blue bundles in the shop. For the backing I am using this pretty indigo fabric with white floral. It's just a perfect match. 

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Since the fabrics are hand block printed and some of them are screen printed, I pre washed the patchwork top and the backing before quilting it to get rid of the excess dyes. I used mild detergent and added color catcher too.

The quilting is my all time fave serpentine stitch just like the green patchwork runner in my previous post.  I think serpentine stitch is the most effortless good looking stitch! It's my go to stitch. I am using cotton batting for this table runner too. 

I personally love how this table runner turned out. Especially love the mix of Indian floral and geometric pattern. When arranging the pieces, I try my best to balance dark, medium and light. A friend of mine suggested long ago, to take photos after arranging the pieces and set the photo in black and white to see the color balance. This trick always worked for me. 

Here's a short video of making this table runner. I hope you enjoy it!

I have a few more table runners to quilt. They are all basted and ready, hopefully I will have time (and mood) to quilt at least one next week, if I am not tempted to do other stuff ! 

That's all for today. Thank you for stopping by! 

Happy Sewing and have a nice day!

Elvira

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Video Tutorial for Patchwork Drawstring Bag

Hello,

Finally, the video for making patchwork drawstring bag is up on my YouTube Channel. I just recently realized that I have not make a proper video tutorial for this bag. 

I made and sold a few bags in the past and I always wanted to make more. I have one bag that I always carry whenever I go out. Although it's small but it's pretty spacious to store my basic makeups, and other necessary items. And sometimes, I can just carry it when I run an errand. 

 

After reading Viridan's Blog I was so inspired and decided to sort out my 2.5" scrap bins (I have 2 bins!). Then I found a few 16 patches I made in the past. I am not sure if I wrote about it in this blog, but that got me inspired. The plan was to make scrappy 16 patch every week, but somehow it stopped. I made around 9 blocks and this year Insha Allah I plan to continue. 

I managed to sort it out by color. I kinda like this bins with divider. It's just perfect for the small scraps! 

Here some blocks I made in the past

Finding UFO blocks in your PHD bags is like finding a new treasures and got me excited that I want to complete something small. I was thinking to make placemats or mug rugs, you know something quick, also I want to make video tutorial for my channel. So I decided to make drawstring bag. Well, I ended up making 6 bags!! But instead of using that 16 patches I have already made, I decided to make from scratch, because I want more color-coordinated scraps! 

I also edited the tutorial that I wrote for this bag to make it clearer and added tutorial how to make boxed bottom/square bottom bag. It's easy, fun quick projects to make one afternoon and with small pieces, the bags looks really nice! Here are some more photos I took! 

If you prefer watching video, here's the video tutorial: 

That's all for today. I am so excited to make more happy scrappy stuff this year! What about you? What are you sewing this week? 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Happy Sewing,

Elvira

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