Since I lost so much sewing time last weekend, I had to get busy this week to finish the projects to take to the Fiber Fair tomorrow. Some things I just pulled from the finished projects pile, like this bell pull from Fall Fortnight…

this wall hanging from last year’s Autumn Jubilee…

and the jar wrappers.

I reported on these table toppers and runners on the Stashbusters post, as I finished them during retreat last week. They started out as a long piece of striped border print fabric.

Assembled into five toppers of various sizes, I put them all on the longarm at once.

I stitch the edges down, so I can continue the quilting pass without stopping.

The binding was made and applied by machine at retreat. Five all done.

Next, I cut the panel into placemats, and laid them out with the remaining prints to figure out a design.

After a bit of trial and piddle, I decided to put the cork print on the top and bottom, then add the wine glasses to the sides. This made a generous size of 14×19 inches. Once again, I loaded all of them and used the same grapevine pantograph on them.

I found the perfect binding fabric in my stash, a deep brown with black print. It took more than a day to bind all six by machine.

All done, and ready for sale. In this photo, the top right one is upside down.

The scenes are really pretty, with a glowing sun in each one.

I made napkins to go with them. I just did a rolled edge on my serger on the edges of this print cut into 12-inch squares.

And all while I was sewing madly on these projects, my embroidery machine was busy behind me stitching motif and funny sayings on kitchen towels. I got 8 done. I intended to do 12, but ran out of time.

I’ll be looking to pull a few more things to make the booth space full and inviting. I think this one can go, too.

So, we’ll be up bright and early on Saturday, and ready for business by 10 am. Local sewists and quilters should come by as Beginnings will have some specials in the shop. I’ve also got some books, threads and notions that I’ll be taking to sell as well.

What are you sewing this week?

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