Another Project Completed!
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
Canada
January 26, 2017 8:15am CST
Trying to clean up my sewing room, and eliminating (using) my scraps seems to be an endless job. The pile just doesn't seem to go down.
A few weeks ago I made the Valentines Day placemats that I've been wanting to create for a couple of years. Once they were completed I knew that I wanted a table topper to match.
Searching for patterns that I liked, and would fit, I finally decided to use the same pattern that I had used to make my accidental table topper at Christmas time.
Pinks were chosen...some blue to change it up and then hearts were appliquéd to finish the top. This is when I decided that if I doubled the cotton batting I would also not need to use a potholder to protect my wooden table top from hot dishes.
This is my finished table.......
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Jan 17
Gorgeous, I love it. My sister has that same problem with yarn she has way more than she knows what to do with.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
27 Jan 17
I try really hard not to buy something unless I have a purpose for it.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
27 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 occasionally I will buy it just because....
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
27 Jan 17
@Morleyhunt My sister is a knitting fanatic and can't help herself, she will buy yarn no matter a project or not in mind lol.
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
30 Jan 17
@Morleyhunt You're welcome. That's so understandable.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
30 Jan 17
Thank you. I've been planning to make Valentines placemats for a number of years. Something always seemed to interfere with my creativity. (Time being at the top of the list.)
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@Marilynda1225 (91086)
• United States
26 Jan 17
Your talent is amazing and I love how pretty your table looks all ready for Valentine's Day. Good idea to use the extra batting to protect the table. Can't wait to see what your next project is.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
27 Jan 17
I'm trying to finish quilting one of the quilt fronts that I've shown here before. Hopefully before the weekend. Right now I'm also busy with a wallhanging for St Patrick's day.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
30 Jan 17
Thank you. If I only had the time and the money to make everything I'd like to make.....time being the number one short coming.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
27 Jan 17
Some projects do use up a lot of scraps. Some create more, but that's only if I need to cut into a new piece to finish something.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
26 Jan 17
Adorable and I love the colour pics--- Hopefully you used up a bit of that pile-- Do you have green for St. Patrick's day - LOL!
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
26 Jan 17
That's another project in the works...wait to see.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
29 Jan 17
@Morleyhunt Ha! You'll be a very colourful host and talented too! It is lovely.
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@snowy22315 (208914)
• United States
26 Jan 17
It looks gorgeous, and so festive too!
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@suziecat7 (3349)
• Asheville, North Carolina
26 Jan 17
How beautiful. I wish I had such talent.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
30 Jan 17
Most of us have more talent than we are willing to admit. There is a lot of practice. My home ec (sewing) teacher would never have predicted me spending time sewing.
@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
27 Jan 17
You are so talented!! Those are beautiful. 
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
27 Jan 17
Thank you....now if I could just get my sewing room tidied.
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@cherigucchi (15932)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
Awesome! It really feels great when we actually did something we have planned doing and finishing.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
27 Jan 17
I smile every time I walk past the table....which is often...it's on my path from the sewing room to the living room.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
26 Jan 17
Thanks....now to keep them clean. They are much lighter coloured than my usual choice of placemat.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
30 Jan 17
Thank you. Now hopefully, the sewing room is tidied before I pick the princess up at school.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
30 Jan 17
Thank you. There is a lot of time practicing to hone the skill. Not every project if a display piece.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
26 Jan 17
Smashing, that really looks smashing. I am not good at making things like that but I have made patterns and things with an online program that makes designs too. But its not the same as yours wonderful.
I love to be creative too.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
27 Jan 17
@Morleyhunt
I have an eye for designs but not the actual sewing itself. Still I have a bit of fun here and there doing my own designs on a piece of softwware and that compensates a bitl
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
27 Jan 17
I often see a pattern and then change it to make it my own.
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@rebelann (117226)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Jan 17
I can't wait to see that one @Morleyhunt
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
27 Jan 17
@rebelann here's a quick peek.. It just one square of the wallhanging.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
26 Jan 17
I'm working on a wall hanging for St Patrick's Day at the moment....I am thinking about Easter.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
26 Jan 17
I am in love! Those are so cute!!!
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
30 Jan 17
Thank you. Making things like this feeds a need in me. For the last year I was able to do some needlework, but now, the sky is my limit.
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