Since we'll be hosting Thanksgiving this year, it's definitely time to change that out -- even if I'll be putting it back next month! I'll swap it out for the only other runner I've made for this space so far: the one I call Autumn Leaf Dance:
This is Gerdrun Erla's Abundance pattern (also available from her as a PDF). Mine was made from a batik kit from Connecting Threads. Along with that change I needed to make a non-quilty one. I have this narrow bookcase that was my mother's (and made for her by her sister-in-law's husband) that holds my collection of some of her crystal and Lladro statuetttes:
I fill the vase with bouquet's of fake flowers cued to the season. So it was time to change out the bouquet from the holiday one.....
......to the autumn one. Presto chango! I also have a Spring/Summer combo bouquet which obviously didn't get put in place at all this year. The flowers for these bouquets are gathered from the Dollar Store and I store them bundled together so I can just pop them in the vase when the time comes.
I've always liked the idea of making more runners. The Christmas runner came from this book:
I do have a few more books with ideas galore. Back in the Spring, Jinny Beyer had a sale on Quilter's Dream batting (both Select and Request lofts) in the 18" width just made for making runners. She has it on sale again here, now until Tuesday. I bought a few yards since I hate to cut up a good twin batt to supply a piece for a runner. The top of our "sideboard" is 17 inches wide x 50 inches long so a craft batt would have to be pieced together to make an appropriate sized filling.
Are you making any new runners for the Fall/Holiday season? If you have any favorite designs, please share!
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