Another Table Topper

Another table topper has reached the finish line.  This one was from a class my friend Jean taught.  

The class was called "Piping Hot Table Toppers" as each of the three toppers had the easy method of using the binding to create a faux piping.  I set my blocks different from Jean as I wanted a long table topper vs a square.  It's done in Christmas type fabrics so I'm ready for this year's Holiday.
 

Sadly

 Sadly I didn't make much progress on Week 15 of Project 52, so I'm going to figure out another easy project so I can get some things caught up.  Part of my problem is taking on new projects when I should be concentrating on the old ones.  But that's not near as much fun, right?  LOL

This week was the start of the second table topper in Jean's current series of toppers.  I have the top done and ready to be basted.  So that's good.

The deep purple fabric for the sashing has been in my stash since 1996! It's been a really hard purple to match up with anything.  But it did blend well with my border fabric.  I'm going to use that purple for the binding and what is left will get cut up and added to my "Scrape Users System" per Bonnie Hunter.  This system has been so useful for me.

Surpise!

I got a little surprise yesterday after I started cutting the white fabric.  I had already set things up AND sewn together the 2 strips into circles of the Christmas fabric.  Guess I was further along than I thought.  So, I bagged up the white strips and the rest of the fabrics and put them in a bag.  I'm sure I'll need 2.5 inch strips for something else some day.  I hope to play with the cutting today.

Yesterday was Jean's Table Topper Class.  I was able to complete the six canning jars of  "food".  Others were putting different things in their jars, such as shells.  You could really have fun coming up with different things for the jars.

I also am slowing working on Bonnie Hunter's Mystery quilt, Rhododendron Trail and I finished Clue number two.  Woohoo!   Cutting  Clue number three!  Slowly but surely...

Table Toppers

I'm taking a class from Jean called "Piping Hot Table Toppers". You can see more about this class at Jean's blog here.   Our first topper is complete and we are starting on the second one, the canning jars of food.  I never made a bug jar quilt when they were popular back in the day, so I'm excited to make this one of "canned" food.  

But here is my first topper, made with turtle fabric from my stash.

And the back -

 

We also learned how to make a faux piping on the binding.  I love this little detail.

It's nice to have this one completed.