After Thanksgiving....Thanksgiving table runner....story of my life...

While I finished 10 (TEN!!!) Holiday tablerunners before December 1, I did NOT manage to finish my Thanksgiving tablerunner in time for Thanksgiving...seriously...

In progress:

Finished top:

Basted and ready to quilt...after Thanksgiving....

Tablerunners

I really have to start THINKING when I start something! Sheesh...

I wanted to make one tablerunner. I've made this pattern before in Christmas fabrics. Honestly, I knew what I was doing. It uses charm squares and I had a pack that I thought would look nice. Funny thing though - I just wasn't paying attention to the background fabric - it was pretty subtle - no biggie - however (always always always there is a "however") there was direction to it so when I did my HSTs the background ended up butting heads when I sewed the blocks together. Lovely.

The only solution I could come up with was to buy more of the background and make the same set of HSTs....and then take half from each tablerunner pile and match the backgrounds. Now I have two of the exact same tablerunner - Merry Christmas or Happy Birthday to someone!

It's like the project was doomed from the start. I finally get the blocks made for TWO runners and get them up on the design wall. Move things around until I'm happy with the placement. I let it all sit nicely on the design wall for a few days to be sure.

Unfortunately, my lovely husband...who seldom vacuums...decides to do just that. Did you know there's an exhaust on your vacuum cleaner? Trust me, there is.