Some Mini Quilts

Today I am flying away to Finland.

That's right.  Finland!

I am so excited I can hardly stand it.  I don't know how I'm going to sleep tonight which is probably why its midnight, I'm leaving for the airport in five and a half short hours and I'm on the computer instead of sleeping.

Anyhoos, in preparations for my trip I made a few little gifties for my family I'll be staying with in Finland.

Here are two little samplers I thought I'd share before I head out.

There are three sisters who are my grandfather's cousins although they are more like my mother's age and their children are my age so they are more like dear, fun aunts and I can hardly wait to see them soon.  

I made two of them identical mini quilts to be used as table runners.  I call them my little table quilts and I love the colors and how they turned out.  They really remind me of a Marimekko fabric which is fun since I've begged them to take me to the Marimekko store when I am there.  I must just have had it on the brain.

The third sister is a great lover of purple so she really had to have a purple table quilt.

I have been itching to try my hand at a zig zag quilt and this was the perfect opportunity.

I think I'll be making myself a full sized one at some point.  I really love me some zig zag.

So that's what we've got today.  I've got a few more homemade gifties that I'm bringing but I'll save those for another post later in the week.  

For now I've got to print off a few more hexie templates for my plane ride and dig out my Swedish dictionary (yes its Finland but we're Swedish-Finns.  Vi pratta svenska okay?)

And I'm on my way.

And before I leave I'm linking up with these fun linky parties:

   

Spring Table Runner

Almost a year ago my sweet sister-in-law sent me a jelly roll of Moda's Chez Mois.  I was super pregnant and most definitely nesting and she said she thought I might need a little something pretty to play with while the boys were napping (once little baby got here).  I was so excited about it and went out and ordered a charm pack to match and put together a little quilt.

I had a bunch of leftover ends of strips and have been hemming and hawing over what to do with them since.

 The other day I was thinking how I need some spring decor around this house and thought maybe a table runner would be the perfect use for my leftover strips.

It sewed together in like a minute and then I picked up some complimenting yellow fabric at JoAnns the other day to back and bind it.

I quilted it in straight lines across and I really like the effect.  It gives it some weight and structure as well rather than being a soft quilt.

I got enough backing to make some coordinating placemats should the time present itself...

I really like how it turned out and added a nice pastel-ish/springish tone to the living/dining room.  It makes me want to get that coordinating quilt finished and quilted up so that it would really pull the room together.

Ahh too many projects, so little time....

Today I'm linking up with: