I need a wall top runner for Autumn, so I pulled out a pumpkin-colored solid and the Fall print from my scrap bundle:
Most of the Fall print had been cut into 4" strips, so I did the same with the solid, and pieced a simple checkerboard block runner out of them:
I might applique some leaves atop this before I back/bind/quilt it. Just have to look online for some leaf templates and get out the fusing web.
My second Goodwill gamble arrived; this is one I paid ten bucks for last month. Just inside the lid was a big roll of plastic mesh that I think is for latchhook work. In the auction listing it looked like fabric to me, so that was unexpected. Someone at the seller's end was nice enough to put a note on this pinned fabric. I'll put on my gloves before I take it out to inspect it. The embroidered green fabric turned out to be 1-1/2 yards of sequinned and three-dimensional designer fabric. I'll guess this cost somewhere between $20.00 to $30.00 a yard, and it's in pristine condition. But here's a shot of everything in the lot, which is mostly crafty odds and ends with a small amount of cotton fabrics, a large amount of synethetic fabrics, and some other surprises. The original owner of these was probably a Catholic school teacher; these beads, crosses and medallions are the kind of rosary kits for kids to make at Sunday school or Bible camp (and s...
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