The Workshop Is Officially Closed...

I completed the table runner for our Christmas Eve hostess.

With that, the Workshop (studio) is closed for the holiday season.

You'll remember that the pattern I used is Mary's Cottage Quilts' 

"Glad Tidings Table Runner". I decided not to add the final 3" border, but

 it finished a very nice size at 47" x 21".  I love the subtle music theme, too.

I machine quilted this one on my Babylock Crescendo using Floriani rayon  thread. I hadn't used rayon for quilting before (only cotton for piecing), and I was quite pleased with the sheen the thread added to the overall quilting effect. All the gifts were wrapped and labeled over the weekend, and it's nearly time  for them to be on their way. Christmas Eve will be here before we know it. I'm taking the rest of the week off (from the studio), as we prepare for our holiday festivities. Tag will be here tomorrow to tell you about his weekend, and then he's volunteered to come back during the week to share some of his unique holiday spirit with you. 'Tis the season to be jolly, after all!

Piecing, Binding and Keeping Things Tidy...

I finished a table runner top Sunday night and will quilt it today.

I know it looks "wonky", but trust me, that's just the perspective from the way

I hung it up to photograph it. It really is squared up and even all the way around.

This will be a gift for our Christmas Eve hostess. The fabric has poinsettias and 

music motifs, and I'll bind it in green. I love the traditional Christmas colors.

If you have a last minute gift to make, I can recommend this as an option.

It's called "Glad Tidings Table Runner" designed by Mary's Cottage Quilts.

Note to self: Clean up after each project. Make something new. Repeat.

I'm managing to keep the studio relatively tidy while I'm creating.

A basket of Necessary Clutch Wallets and my "wall of inspiration".

It's nice to be able to go to the shelves for my fabric choices, rather

than leave home and run to my LQS. Don't worry though. I still go

out to visit the girls. I have to see what they're making, after all!

Mom's pattern cabinet, front and center.

Grammies Jammies fabrics are laundered and I'll be making those later

today or tomorrow. I have time to get them finished, but I'll tell you about

that another time. It's going to be an especially magical Chrismas this year!