Saturday, April 17, 2010

Not happy .....

And in this instance I cannot blame "Jan" or anyone else only ME!!

Last night was Friday night sew-in and I had aimed to finish off a tablerunner that I have been working on using the "tube" method and all was going well until I got up to the binding - what no colour thread to match the binding - how could this be???
Off I went rustling through all my colour threads - every colour of the rainbow and grades of every shade but alas not the green I wanted. So for me Friday night sew-in turned into Saturday morning finish off after I called into the local sewing centre to get the thread which I might add took two of us to find just the right shade.

Anyway without any further ado here is my autumn tablerunner using the "tube" method which I enjoyed doing.



I can see more seasonal tablerunners - winter, spring and summer - being done using this method and a couple of cushion covers as well.
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16 comments:

  1. miss~nanceApril 17, 2010 at 1:31 PM

    OH very nice runner. I really want to try this technuiche - need to stop talking about it and just DO IT.

    I am so into making tablerunners at the moment - love to use them on all my tables including coffee tables and they make great gifts - in fact I am up to the binding on a 50th b'day pressie for tomorrow.

    Hugs & Blessings

    Gail

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  2. Vicki ♥April 17, 2010 at 1:34 PM

    Looks fabulous Karen and the method is very addictive :) Love the colours you used :)

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  3. Quiltin' SandyApril 17, 2010 at 1:50 PM

    What a lovely tablerunner, Karen. It is very pretty. I must get around to having a go at doing one- another job for poor old " Ron" LOL :-}

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  4. janjanApril 17, 2010 at 3:28 PM

    Of course I had to read this post didn't I - I had to see what I wasn't getting the blame for this time LOL.

    Beautiful runner.


    Jan (AKA MrMik)

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  5. sandraApril 17, 2010 at 3:39 PM

    the runner is beautiful. I am going to try the 'tube' method. The girls at quilt group tried it last week and we were all very impressed.

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  6. ShirlwinApril 17, 2010 at 3:47 PM

    Lovely colours you chose! This method is highly addictive; have already made 1 table runner, a cushion, and a table centre, with more fabric just sitting waiting to be sewn ... gardening first though.

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  7. UnknownApril 17, 2010 at 11:35 PM

    Wow how beautiful !

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  8. Terri's PlaceApril 18, 2010 at 2:27 AM

    That's a lovely runner, Karen ... I think you should be very happy now :))

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  9. CelineApril 20, 2010 at 6:47 AM

    Thanks for stopping by Karen. Your tablerunner is very nice and very automn like. I am curious, what is the "tube" method, never heard of it here?
    Celine

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  10. GloriaApril 20, 2010 at 9:34 AM

    That runner looks great Karen ..nice job.

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  11. MargaritaApril 23, 2010 at 9:58 PM

    Very nice Karen, that tube method is certainly catching on.

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  12. LizApril 27, 2010 at 3:43 PM

    Well done. What a great job. Will have to try this tube method.

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  13. Lucky-1April 29, 2010 at 1:10 PM

    Oh I so love your table runner. Beautiful.

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  14. Jane's crafty creations!May 17, 2010 at 7:21 PM

    I am so addicted to this method and there are so many different blocks you can do with it! I love the colours you have used in this runner!! beautiful!

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  15. cherylJune 1, 2010 at 6:58 PM

    Absolutely gorgeous!! I just have to do a quilt using the tube method,, one day, one day!!

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  16. RobynLouiseJune 20, 2010 at 9:59 PM

    Gorgeous colours.

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