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Each month I like to give a little stash user challenge to inspire you to make some progress on using your stash or finishing a UFO. For many of us, the days leading up to the November and December holidays are a flurry of activity. I know I won’t have as much time to spend in the sewing room as usual, but I still like to be productive. Time in my sewing room is also time to relax and make something pretty.

November’s challenge is to make a small item you wish to gift or keep for your ...

On May 1, I proposed the challenge of completing a holiday UFO or using some holiday stash to make a new project. I was tired of seeing a Christmas table runner top hanging in my sewing room. 

I am happy to report the May challenge is complete. Of course, finishing this little runner did not take much time at all. The challenge was the perfect motivation to prioritize this runner. 

The quilting is simple straight lines. I like quilting straight lines on table runners because they lie so flat on the table. I only have yardage of one fabric from ...

I have a free pattern for you today–The Liberty Table Runner. Look for the pattern in the Free Resource Library. This project took a very different turn from what I imagined. During my recent retreat, I pieced a little variable star top and thought I might want to adapt it to make a table runner. That came together with another idea and became this patriotic table runner. The twist comes because there are no variable star blocks. That makes it a super easy and fast runner to construct.

I am at my mom’s house, so have a very ...