I went on my first shop hop to find the various blue fabrics for a runner for my bed. As always, there is a story to tell.
Nancy called up Mary, who is still in the U.S., saying she was coming to our neck of the woods and doing a shop hop for quilting fabric. She picked us up on the highway near my house. We traveled going from fabric store to fabric store. We returned to Nancy's house for dinner where our husbands traveled down the hill to meet us and bring us home.
This time with friends fell on my birthday so I felt this it was a double celebration.
A few months later, I met with my quilting friends and began working on my bed runner now that I had my fabric in hand. A search on Pinterest had provided inspiration of an easy design. We used graph paper to make our own pattern.
Who needs a quilt guild when you have friends who will gather with you? We share our latest projects, sewing tips, joys of our kids and their latest endeavors, and most of all enjoy a Saturday doing a hobby we enjoy.
We call ourselves Second Saturday Sewing Sisters. We meet at Nancy's house because it is central for all of us coming from four different cities/towns. There are five of us who gather on the second Saturday every month.
I finished the bed runner in July while at Nancy's and she said, "Let's see what it looks like on a bed." It matched her bed perfectly!
Unfortunately for Nancy, I gathered up my bed runner and took it home with me for my own bedroom.
Since I'm new to using a walking foot, I did not quilt the runner densely. As my skills increase, I may go back and quilt it more.
When we took the photo, we noticed that my top matched her bedroom décor and enjoyed the humor of the moment.
Every quilt tells a story. This is the story of my blue and white bed runner.
Every Quilt Tells a Story
Whether it is the fabrics chosen, the design, the colors, the occasion, the recipient, or the people I quilt with, every quilt tells a story. This blog captures in images and words what has been created through the hum and stitching of my sewing machine.
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