I finished the very last of my quilt show boutique table runners last week. I am done!!!!!! Off to sewing for myself and finishing a couple of fall items that were left in the dust this last month or so.
This little beauty is Candy Cane Twirl. Not for the faint of heart for sure. All those points and joints just waiting for a seam that is one thread width off to cut them off or cause a gap. I got this first one done, and thought should I attempt number two.The second block is always easier than the first. It is 20" by 36", I skipped a third one. Not enough Christmas scraps to do the third one. Love it, off to the quilter tomorrow, goes on the Christmas table this year. I had an interesting issue with quilting this table runner I was doing for my quilt guild's quilt show boutique. The white border fabric became a major quilting issue for me. The white dots are a rubbery material. While running a serpentine stitch through them I was leaving puncture holes and breaking the thread. Cute fabric, but a complete failure to quilt on it. I ended up scrapping the entire runner along with another using that same fabric. Yes, I did try a couple sizes of different needles, no success, and impressions did not iron out and marks at the needle entry do not go away. Word of warning, pay attention in the future that I do not buy fabric with this type of material.
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I bought some fabric online a few years ago, an off-white creamy color, with slightly lighter flowers, which I did not realize until it arrived that the lighter flowers were paint (or something similar). Your fabric seems to be similar to what I had. It's so sad when that happens and the fabric can't be used for its intended purpose.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you weren't able to finish the runners with that rubbery fabric. . .that paint is a problem. I do like your candy canes. Well done to save all those points!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteI recently threw away a piece of fabric that felt slightly rubbery. Now I'm glad I didn't use it. Pretty holiday runner!!
ReplyDeleteI love your Candy Cane Twirl (your points and joints are perfect!) and I had a giggle looking at the photos. I just pulled those same fabrics from my stash for a project. Thank you for sharing on To Do Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. You're so talented.
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The Candy Cane Twirl blocks came out beautifully. So sorry about that fabric on the other runners, that's just beyond frustrating.
ReplyDeleteThe Chirstmas runner is so pretty. It is unfortunate about the white dotted fabric.
ReplyDeleteYour Christmas runner is lovely! How sad that white fabric was such a stinker. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Great job getting all the Christmas boutique projects done! Feels good to be able to go back to your own projects. I hear you with regards to that white fabric, I've had issues with those in the past too. I recently discovered that Schmetz has "non-stick" needles -- maybe they would work with fabric like that?
ReplyDeleteSometimes the only solution is to toss it in the trash. No reason to torture yourself. I applaud your efforts at trying for a work around.
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