May and June Finishes

Hello all!
I'm here today with lots of finishes, including

ones for May and June.  I didn't get anything

made for April but posting for May just slipped

right on by me so it's time to make up for that!

I finally stumbled across a panel that I just

could not say no to.  Not only did I grow up

on a large farm but today I have a huge

garden and lots of chickens.  You could say

I'm a Farm-to-Table foodie fanatic!

So I bought two panels.

Quilting a whole set of 4 placemats at

once is not a bad way to go!  Within 24

hours, I had all 8 quilted and one set bound

and complete.  (A person could get a lot of

gifts done this way!)

Admittedly, it took me a few more weeks to get

around to binding the second set while I

deliberated on which binding I liked more.

One set is for a gift, the other is on our own table.

Next I designed and made two patriotic table runners.

I'm not sure if I'll wait till Christmas to gift the

first, or maybe surprise the recipient now?

I am keeping the second as I made

it specifically to fit our entry table.

(Is anyone sensing a theme here?  LOL)

 These went together so easily, mostly with

the quilt-as-you-go method, so I created a

little tutorial on my blog if you are interested.

I'm planning on doing more for other holidays.

They're a great scrap buster--fabric and batting.

In other news, I sold a few quilts and am working on

two now; I entered two in a charity contest--one of 

which took first place out of 100 entries!  I shipped

off 3 baby quilts for another charity; and for a little

extra fun, I took my machine outside one particularly

 beautiful day and made a table topper to match the

quilt currently on our bed (using the HST trimmings

from that quilt).  I'm definitely keeping busy in the

sewing room but hopefully July will have me back

to posting in a more timely manner!

Will be watching for everyone's projects!

Happy gift-sewing!