- Since I have a daughter getting married soon, I've been watching Say Yes to the Dress and some of the other wedding shows. The prices some brides are willing to pay are gasp-worthy to this thrifty gal (I wore a white suit with embroidery and cutouts on the front edges of the jacket in my wedding). Coincidentally, I'm going wedding dress shopping with DD Elaine this weekend. It will be a first! I hope picture taking is allowed
- Saturday I found out a somewhat local quilt shop is closing so I drove up to check out the goods. I learned it is hard to find a specific fabric on sales racks. I kept going around and around, looking over the same bolts for an hour. Finally I did come away with just a few cuts for the wedding quilt.
- I boxed up my Brown Bag Quilt Contest quilt for Quilts for Japan after putting a label on it. Unfortunately my timing was off--the post office closed 15 minutes before I was ready to leave the house. Fortunately I checked the Saturday hours online first!
- Traffic rant: Speeders who think they can zoom up beside you and try to squeeze between cars at the last second to pass you. I like it when that doesn't work out so well for them and they have to slam on their brakes. Suckers!
- Distraction is a great creative incentive sometimes. On Stephanie's blog she posted here about an antique quilt she saw. I loved the hourglass cornerstones and felt they were perfect for my broken dishes project.
I didn't even feel bad about wasting the excess to cut 2" blocks from 3.5" leftover HSTs made into hourglass units.
Trying out sashing options also resulted in an effect I liked. First I tried a white on white. Very blah. Then a brighter red with white dot. Too blendy. I settled on this darker red dotted fabric and like the octagonal effect very much in the finished runner.
Aren't the little hourglasses cute?
8 comments:
They are cute! Adorable tablerunner!
Yes they are adorable. I love red and white triangles. I can't believe what people will plunk down for a wedding gown. I don't consider myself cheap at all. I'm not even really that frugal but I'm very practical. I just can't get into the big wedding thing at all including the dress. But I do like watching the shows.
Love the red and white table runner. The hour glass corners are perfect.
I love the table runner! Good sashing choice :-)
That table runner is so cute!
Bridal salons are usually a bit toey about you taking pictures so it may be that we have to wait until the actual wedding day to see Elaine in her wedding finery. I cant wait because I know she's going to be gorgeous.
I empathise on your quilt shop expedition. I cannot find any fabric online I want to buy at the moment which is not fair since the AUD$ is doing so well!
I like the tablerunner -- classic yet fun! The dotted border with the little cornerstones is a great finish.
Beautiful table runner.
Have fun with the wedding dress shopping. My siser went with me and she made me try on dresses I would never have looked at. I didn't end up buying any of those, but it was fun and it helped me know that I had the right dress.
Now I really want to make something with your block design - LOVE the table runner!
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