I think this might be one of my most favorite projects yet. I love the colors and the fabrics and how soft they are! I made this quilted table runner and set of napkins for my sister-in-law for Christmas (yes, I have a total of 5 sister-in-laws, kinda fun).
The fabrics were dreamy to work with, I chose the Etsuko Furuya double gauze Birds in Purple from fabricworm.com and ordered the shot cottons from PurlSoho (I got a yard and half of Lipstick and the same of Apple). I also had the blue polka dot from Patty Young’s latest Flora & Fauna line (from MaterialGal on Etsy), it just happend to coordinate nicely!
I used this tutorial over at Sew, Mama, Sew! for the napkins. I ended up with hardly any leftover fabric, maybe a fat quarter or so from the Furuya fabric left (excited to add it to some clothing item for the girls — the double gauze is dreamy).
The best part of this project was that I ripped all my pieces, yes ripped! I was reading this tutorial before making the table runner and decided I should just go for it since I was running late on time and wanted it straight on the grain without a lot of fuss. It was awesome!
GORGEOUS! Love those fabrics!!
this is so pretty i love all the fun colors
Wow Anna! They turned out fabulous! It is fun to rip fabric huh?
Very pretty! The first time I went to Mary Jo’s Cloth Store in NC, I was stunned to see the ladies rip the fabric. Now I do it all the time when I have to cut strips 🙂
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Laura from Italy
This is so pretty! I want to try something like this. 🙂
wow! i’ve been following your blog for a while and just found this from a search on one pretty thing! adorable … i’m itching to make a table runner for fall (yes i am behind!) and i love yours in that the stripes are “long ways”! thanks for the inspiration!