• Quick Tablerunner – Chain Piecing

     Welcome to Part 3 of making this quick tablerunner. I think it’s taken me longer to edit photos and write directions than make one! Part 1 guides you through picking out fabrics. Part 2 shows you how to cut out your pieces. Now it’s time to start sewing. Part of the reason this tablerunner comes…

  • Quick Tablerunner Tutorial – Cutting Fabrics

    Now that you have your 2 fabrics selected from part 1, it’s time to cut! Here’s my main fabric choice for the cutting directions. Are you scratching your head? I know, it’s not any of the fabrics I already showed you because I couldn’t find a complementary fabric that I liked. That seems to be…

  • Quick Tablerunner Tutorial – Fabrics

    I’ll put the directions for this tutorial in a couple of posts, simply because I don’t have all of my photos edited yet and wanted to give you a chance to start picking out fabrics. You will only need 2 fat quarters to make the front of the tablerunner. It finishes at 12.5 x 24.5inches.…

  • Moving BACK In

    Moving BACK In

    Well this summer has been a roller coaster ride for our family – with free admission! LOL These boxes and totes are my quilting treasures ready to move back into our house. We will be spending at least another year in our present location. To make the best of things, I’m getting a bigger sewing…

  • Some Quick Tablerunner Fun

    If you thought Anna’s song was groovy, maybe this one looks vintage groovy too? More fabric from my sister as I try to figure out some quick gifts. I think this is a good length for a tablerunner -it’s about 24 inches long. I see placemat possibilities too. Is it time for a tutorial? With…

  • Anna’s Song – Process Post

    I finally cut into this half yard print my sister gave me. I cut 6, 10 inch squares. This summer my sewing space has been shrunk into the laundry room. I’m not really complaining as I think the trick to a studio vs. space is a DOOR that SHUTS! Here is another advantage – the…

  • New Quilt Top – ZigZag Square

    It started out with an idea to make some border blocks for my Trust Joy panel Here’s a view of what my disappearing 9 patch blocks looked like around the panel. I was thinking about putting some on point and building the rest up into log cabin blocks. I ended up creating something new! I…

  • Chasing Clouds

    Chasing Clouds

    Chasing clouds to photograph for something new . . . You can check it out over here. More quilting – soon! Sarah Vee

  • Full Sturgeon Dreamboard

    a blurry photo this month from my daughter’s iPod. Full Sturgeon Moon and Jamie prompts: “What is your intuition telling you about your dreams?” my own artwork as a backdrop words scroll down the page like a website floating thoughts and an hourglass still travel expanding again  feeling lost/stuck/exposed our house has not sold we…

  • Trust JOY

    Trust JOY

    ~Sarah Vee