I have to back this up a bit and tell you a story..... more than a year ago, at Quiltcon 2019 in Nashville, Jayne and I finally got to meet face to face. We had a great time chatting and getting to know each other better. On the final day, Sunday, I was sitting on a window sill outside the vendor hall, resting my weary feet when Jayne came dashing out of the door in front of me, a huge stack of beautiful Peppered Cottons, in all of the bright and cheery colors. Now, I had been a fan of Peppered Cottons for a while, love the woven texture, the soft hand.... all of it! It was all I could do not to tackle Jayne right then and there and run off with her stack!
When I admired her purchase (ok, maybe I coveted it a bit?) Jayne told me that one of the vendors (gosh I wish I could remember which one!) had marked them all more than 50% off! Jayne pointed me in the right direction and settled herself into my seat on the window sill and off I went! You don't have to tell me twice!
Minutes later, I returned with my own yummy stack of Peppered Cottons, which have been displayed on my studio shelf ever since. I've been waiting for the perfect project to entice me to cut into them, and this was it!
I will tell you that Jayne's pattern is flawless..... clearly written and easy to follow. Also, Jayne has a link on her post where you can get the pattern for free! Score! I had the top together in a matter of hours (honestly the hardest part was choosing colors and creating my layout!). Before it could disappear into my stack of "things I really need to quilt but am afraid of ruining" I stuck that baby under the needle of my Janome and began straight line quilting.
I'm getting better at the quilting, but I still have a long way to go.
Now all I need is an excuse to clear off the table and display my new runner. Also, don't be surprised if I make another one of these. or two?
3 comments:
What a fun story of meeting up with Jayne and sharing a great buy on peppered cottons! I would be off and running to get in line too! Jayne really does have a sweet sense of creativity and writing up flawless patterns. I'm crushing on this runner pattern too, and may have to bite the bullet to cut into some favorite fabrics! Yours is beautiful!
How good meeting up with Jayne and that she told you about the 50% off the fabrics ... Pleased you found the perfect project to use them.
Gorgeous table runner...
This looks SO good and I hope you are using it by now! Your quilting looks wonderful btw!
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