Well, I've finished it!! YAY!!
I finished it a couple of weeks ago and I'm just now getting around to blogging about it. This is not the entire runner - I have it folded in this pic.
I really enjoyed making it though, and I think it turned out great for my first quilting project (if you don't count the Christmas tree skirt that I made 20 years ago). You can see in the pictures that I quilted each seam. I did what's called "in the ditch" quilting. At least, I think I did.
(this is the back side. I'm not loving the fabric I chose for the back as I think I should have gone with a darker color like a matching brown. But hey, live and learn.)
The quilting part took the longest of any part of the project but it would probably have gone faster if I had known that I needed an even feed foot for my sewing machine before I got started. I didn't figure that out until I was at least half way done quilting. But now that I've used this foot, I LOVE it. It is soo awesome. I've even been using it when I sew up my aprons. It makes all the fabric move so much smoother and it goes over seams well.
I've also started making quilted Christmas stockings which I'm going to list in my Etsy shop. I'll post about those next time. Stayed tuned for more great crafting :)
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