I was really excited about my Tall Tall Trees bed runner ~ made exclusively with Paperie fabrics and Pure Elements. I added the borders and a few extra shots of color. But after several minutes of quilting I immediately began to feel uneasy. I was pretty sure I should rip out my stitches and start over, but it was already too much. Too dense, too swirly, too... I don't know. I wish I'd straight lined quilted it but it was too late, so I carried on ~ falling completely out of love. (Don't you hate that? When you ruin a perfectly wonderful quilt top with the wrong quilting?!) I decided to give it a wash and see if I would like it better then?
I do! (I also didn't look at it for a couple of days.) I still wish I'd straight line quilted it, but heck, I like it. It's crinkly, it's soft, and I like the pops of color it adds to the end of my bed. Also, it'll only be hanging out with us during the winter. (Now I'm thinking a "half-hearted" runner will be great for February! ;)
Pretty excited about all the things to come in this shiny new year... One of these is a blog tour of talented sewists who are joining me to show you so many wonderful ways to use Paperie fabrics ~ in beautiful, practical, and inspiring projects. I hope you'll follow along!
January 25 ~ Heidi Staples of fabricmutt.blogspot.com
January 26 ~ Kerry Goulder of kidgiddy.com
January 27 ~ Cheri Lehnow of tinkerwiththis.blogspot.com
January 28 ~ Sharon Holland of SharonHollandDesigns.com
January 29 ~ Jemima Flendt of tiedwitharibbon.com
January 30 ~ Michelle Curtis of chellesquilts.com
February 1 ~ Christina Egner of onelittlepooh.net
February 2 ~ Ali Brorsen of BecauseofBrennaClothing.com
February 3 ~ Kristine Lempriere of townmouse.typepad.com
February 4 ~ Nicole Young of lillyella.com
February 5 ~ Lori Landenburger of sewpsyched.blogspot.com
February 6 ~ Jennifer Chon of sunnyincal.com
February 8 ~ Melissa LeRay of ohhowsweet.com
February 9 ~ Megan Jimanez of quiltstory.blogspot.com
February 10 ~ Faith Essenburg of saranaave.wordpress.com
February 11 ~ Renee Lange of sewnwithgrace.com
February 12 ~ Sedef Imer of downgrapevinelane.com
February 13 ~ Kristyne Czepuryk of prettybyhand.com
February 15 ~ Heather Andrus of quiltstory.blogspot.com
February 16 ~ Stacy Olson of stacyolsondesign.com
February 17 ~ Erin Cox of whynotsew.blogspot.com
February 18 ~ Amy Sinibaldi of nanaCompany.typepad.com
Get inspired by the projects, meet the makers, and enter cute giveaways. It's going to be a big Paperie party!
xo amy