Would you like to join me for some pink lemonade? Oh, you noticed my new table runner? Since you did, let me tell you about it!
I've had this idea for awhile now but was so busy working on making my screen and printing fabric that I didn't get to it till this week. I drafted my own paper pieced pattern, this is a first for me, to mimic the lines of the catherineholm tea kettle in my "Vintage Collection" silkscreen. I used one piece of the yellow colorway on natural colored linen. I was able to use nearly all of it with very little waste.
The coordinates that I used for the teapots are DS Quilts Fairgrounds Modern Tile Red Multi, Fairgrounds Modern Texture Yellow, Picnic Dots Red/Pink, Honey linen, Bliss Sweet Pink Polka Dots, and Amy Butler Full Moon Polka Dot in Cherry.
I had a chance to use my swirling free motion steam again which was fun. As you sit at either end of the table, a tea kettle is facing you. It makes me happy as the two older children bicker on and on.
Great table runner! The kettles are great. And yes, I'd love a glass of pink lemonade. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteCrazy cute. Love the steam quilting!
ReplyDeleteI'd come to have lemonade!!! Love it Amy!!
ReplyDeleteI love it and the fact that it faces both ways.
ReplyDeleteLove all the color going on too, just makes you smile.
Ack!!! I love the "steam." What a great touch!
ReplyDeletethat is so awesome!!! When are you going to make up kits for your shop including the foundation pattern and panel of your fabulous print??? (just a suggestion).
ReplyDeleteAhh, summer. The season of bickering. Hope they resolve it soon. It's hard amusing oneself all day when there are no playmate distractions! We've outgrown that stage here, now we are firmly entrenched in the nagging mom telling teenagers FIVE TIMES to GET OFF THE COMPUTER AND GET OUTSIDE!.
I love this! Well done!
ReplyDeleteLove this runner! I agree with Krista - kit that baby up pronto!
ReplyDeleteI am glad that I am not the only one who says kits! It is really, really beautiful - and I hope the bickering calms down. Have your school holidays started yet?
ReplyDeletePomona x
Very cute! I love how you used the DS fabric with the silkscreen.
ReplyDeleteAdorable and so clever again!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! How exciting to have drafted your own p/p pattern.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness this is cute!! You did a wonderful job!
ReplyDeleteAmy, I love this so much! The kettles are adorable in those fabrics and they look great with your screen printed fabric! I love the steam detail in the quilting. Sigh. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is lovely! I haven't had pink lemonade for years.
ReplyDeleteI just stumbled upon your blog and thought I'd stop by to say 'hello' :) x
I'm in love with that colour scheme, Amy. It's so fresh, kinda like a newly made pot of tea!
ReplyDeleteSuch nice steam in the quilting!
ReplyDeleteI like it, Amy! Your children bicker? :-) Yeah, so do mine. I can see why looking at your quilt makes you happy.
ReplyDeleteThat is sooooo cute!
ReplyDeleteReally a cute project.
ReplyDeleteI hear ya with the bickering! I wonder if it gets better with time??
ReplyDeleteSuper cute runner!
Hi, I've been following your blog for awhile now and have been intriged by your " making " your own fabric. I have been going further back and found where you made your own stamps with the linolium block. The lightbulb went on in my brain. If you get a chance please stop by my blog to see what you have inspired. I also told a coworker who is an arts graduate about your block and he is willing to lend me his tools to try one on my own when I'm ready. He'll be there as my moral support. Thanks so much for sharing. Selina
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Wow, that is gorgeous! I love your pattern. It's so hard to find good teapot patterns. Most end up looking like coffee urns. I love this table topper!
ReplyDeleteAmy this is just such a wonderful pattern, you clever thing!
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