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The local quilt group I attend had a meeting today, and we began making a table runner. It was lots of fun to see how the colors each of us chose made the same pattern look so different. I found a focus fabric and the other necessary colors in my stash, so I’m thrilled that this will be a “freebie” — it doesn’t count if I bought it a few years ago, right? \ud83d\ude09 The top of my runner is almost finished; I’ll complete it on Sunday at a friend’s house. In the meantime, here’s a hint of what it will look like.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The local quilt group I attend had a meeting today, and we began making a table runner. It was lots of fun to see how the colors each of us chose made the same pattern look so different. I found a focus fabric and the other necessary colors in my stash, so I’m thrilled that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[281],"class_list":{"0":"post-1476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-piecing","8":"tag-table-runner","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_3290.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-nO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1449,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/23\/bed-runner\/","url_meta":{"origin":1476,"position":0},"title":"Bed runner","author":"Sandy","date":"May 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Not too long ago, I made a Winding Ways quilt for our bed. 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I really wanted to get this done before the next meeting of our local group, and I made it. Whew! ;) This was a fun table runner to make; we took strips and watched as they magically became this simple but very interesting pattern. (Click on the photos\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Quilting"","block_context":{"text":"Quilting","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/quilting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Colorwash-Table-Runner-1.jpg?fit=422%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1571,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/10\/progress\/","url_meta":{"origin":1476,"position":2},"title":"Progress …","author":"Sandy","date":"January 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"My dryer is finally fixed, so I'm running my laundry from several days ago through the wash again and then through the dryer. 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This is my Bernina 630 (no embroidery module), which is set into a cabinet from Tracey's Tables; I just love my set-up!What you see here is a table runner in progress. 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