The Table Runner
Hello today....
The other night I was digging around in
some of my craft stuff and decided it
was way past time to finish something.
I started this table runner many, many, many....
shall I go on?
Years ago!
Probably late 80's.
I had gotten a lot done on it. Basically all
I had to do was the ribbon going all around.
I had done the better part of it then stopped.
I used JP Coats thread to begin with and now
I have DMC. So I matched as close as I could.
No one will be able to tell.
And I finished it up!
FINALLY!!
Now can you see a difference?
But, I am not a white sort of person. I
prefer cream, off white or beige sort of
colors.
So a brain storm took over.
Yep....TEA
Dip the runner in it and let it sit
a bit.
Not so white now and I am good with that.
Only thing, I have to iron it now!
Always something.....haha
I feel good about getting this done. I also ran across a
Christmas place mat I started about 15 yrs. ago, cross stitch. I
pretty much had it done and STOPPED! So I plan on
finishing that also.
And also on that list....when my daughter was a baby, and she
turned 36 in Dec. I started Aunt Martha iron on of the
state flowers. My thoughts were to do them in blocks
and have them quilted with a solid color for a bedspread.
I still have them and I plan on working on those
also. Thanks to my lovely sis in law, who is a
quilter, she said she would take control of
the quilting part!
Thanks for stopping in,
Pam
Comments
I did a lot of cross-stitch in the early to mid 1990s too. I haven't done any now for about 20 years but I still have my supplies, books and projects I still intend to do . . . SOME DAY! Maybe when I retire.
Thanks for popping by my blog today!
You have done a great job here and I like the colour change. Well done Diane
One of my creative friends loves to start projects --but never seems to finish anything.... I never understood that ---but maybe, like you, she'll find an unfinished project sometime, and then enjoy completing it.
Hugs,
Betsy
Nice job on the tea dye.I've used the same method to age fabrics.
Projects like these are the perfect thing to hand down to kids/grandkids. My grandmother embroidered dresser scarves and pillowcases and I am so thankful to have some of them for my own house.
x
~Sheri