Another table runner.....

I love table runners and I use them in places other than a tabletop....so I can use a lot of them. Good thing since I enjoy making them. I also like them since I enjoy hand-quilting and can do that quite easily on a runner. I am also enjoying learning my EQ7 and designing things that I can cut entirely with my AccuQuilt GO! cutter. This is a runner design I did on EQ7 Thursday night...

I decided to use fabrics from my stash to see if the pattern worked the way I expected it to work. I'm not crazy about the fabrics I used (and like the ones in my EQ design better) but I think this one will perk up a bit when I put the binding on it as I have enough of a bright blue to use for the binding. Here is the runner I made yesterday using my EQ design. It worked out perfectly....and everything was cut accurately and easily with my GO! Lots of fun....that's for sure! (It should enlarge if you click on the picture.)Shortly after this posts on my blog, I will be heading into Lewes to work at the 44th annual art show run by my church. I choose the early shift (starting at 6:30 a.m.) as I can get a parking space at that time......and I then get done around 9:30 and can go look at the work done by the 140 artists who are in the show. It's a juried art show and is quite fantastic. Very rarely does an artist give up his or her spot....so there is a waiting list of folks to get into the show. Much of the artwork is too expensive for me, but I do enjoy looking! I will try to get some pictures.

EQ7 and the GO cutter...what a combo!!!

Some of you know that I once had EQ5 and, for some reason, was not able to figure it out. So...now I have EQ7. When it arrived, I had an initial day or two of sheer panic and figured I was crazy to have tried EQ again! (Thank you, Judy L, for your patience and encouragement on those couple of days and for the other blogging buddies since then who have suggested websites where I can get support and help.) Well...I am so pleased to say that I am starting to get the hang of it. YAY!!! In fact, I decided to challenge myself and see if I could design a quilt that would use the dies I presently have for the GO cutter. You can see it's simple....not a very sophisticated design..... and the border is actually very boring, but I am certain I will improve with my EQ7 design skills soon AND I was limiting myself to what could be made using just my cutter and dies. I am so excited that I could come up with something that fit those two criteria. Here is a photo of the design:Today hubby and I are going to Dover and I will get the fabric for this quilt. It should make up very quickly since the cutting will all be done in a flash with the GO. I think it's going to be a fun quilt!