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Thursday 22 December 2011

Dead End...

Way back when the sun was hot and lounging on the deck was the order of the day, I cut a couple of Oakshott stacks into 9" squares for the Dead Simple QAL


They sat unloved in a drawer until earlier this week, when urgency struck!

Having first planned to make a full-sized table cloth, I changed this to a runner, as upon re-visiting, some of the pinks now seemed too bright, and with the whopper that is my parent's dining table, it was going to need a lot of sashing to bring it up to size.

So a bit of jiggery-pokery, and the best part of yesterday at my sewing machine and ironing board, and I managed to get the final Christmas present made. 

Afraid we are seriously lacking in the natural light and adequate space this morning, so the photos are bit lacking in style!




There is no 'quilting' as such, a simple 'right sides together, stitch round, turn through and topstitch round the edge' approach has worked just fine.

It measures a huge 250cm/100" x 65cm/26", and is backed with some IKEA linen type affair which is lovely looking but as stretchy and awkward as buggery to cut and sew!

The pressure is now off a little - so I am off to sort through the boxes of food I have been storing in the garage, I have no idea what's in there!

24 comments:

  1. It looks lovely- how about a carpet runner like that too! You could use carpet samples, 1/4 inch seam ha ha! The colours are beautiful together but linen is a PITA to sew as a backing!

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  2. As the stress levels rise so does the frequency of swearing- I know the feeling! Love the little 'rogue' striped piece block on the corner- very cool!

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  3. Looks really really lovely. And Yay for being all done!

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  4. Stunner runner! Love those gorgeous blues! Your parents are blessed to have a thoughtful daughter like you! Jxo

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  5. Done! That is wonderful and it turned out great! Your parents are sure to love it.

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  6. With days left to spare! Looks great!

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  7. It looks gorgeous! Mind far too gorgeous to have stuff spilt on it come Christmas day :-)

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  8. "Awkward as buggery"... now that's one I'm using again!

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  9. It looks wonderful and I love the stripy square! Chuckling at 'awkward as buggery' but I bet you weren't!

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  10. That is huge and lovely. Well done for getting everything completed. Hope you have enough food and don't have to go back out there for anything important!

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  11. That is a wonderful runner, and will look wonderful on a nice long table! But now you have reminded me about the food, time to make another list and get shopping!

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  12. pretty pretty, Hadders! The colors are fab, esp that nice bright blue that lifts the whole pattern. Absolutely lovely. xx

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  13. it is really pretty and so fun to have a quick finish! i have to say, i wish i had an ikea near me. it would make me so much happier!

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  14. Oooh, lovely colours, hope the parents like it (nothing like leaving Ito the last minute)

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  15. well done ...............looks lovely and i am sure your mum and dad will love it :))

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  16. WTG you, and 10/10 for effort in finding a big enough place for a photo.

    Have fun rummaging through the food

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  17. Oh it`s huuuuuge!!!! And stunningly gorgeous as I love blues and taupes together. Fab make Mrs.G!

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  18. Oh yay that looks fab and I love that triple block in there

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  19. I love the colour palette and that is one mahusive table!!

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  20. Looking good and sure to go down well! Makes a great rug too! Hehe!

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  21. Looks fabulous - I bet it looks great on the table. (By the way I have just bought some of that Ikea fabric and thought it was just me when it kept wnating to skew out of true - I am relived to find that the fabric itself might have something to do with it.....)

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  22. These colours look amazing together - what a lovely present! I'm thinking about joining in the QAL, and have linked to this from my blog as the colours are so lovely - hope that's ok!

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