What have I been up to?

Well, I haven't posted anything in quite awhile, so I will try to remember all that I have gotten finished since my last post. I have made two table runners; one was a stack and whack square where you place four large rectangles on top of each other. Then you move 1/2 of the top rectangle to the bottom and then seam all of the rectangles back together. Then you cut again going the other way across the rectangle. Move 1/2 of the rectangle down to the bottom block and then seam all of the rectangles back together. Everyone in my quilt group made placemats, but I don't use placemats - so I made a long table runner by sewing the four "placemats" together. Shirting fabrics were my choice of fabrics. I then added a rusty red small border. My husband loves crows (he raised some when he was a child), so a crow on a tree branch was appliqued by hand with embroidery floss and the buttonhole stitch. Of course there was a large space between the crows that needed to be filled with stars (just three to keep the odd number to make it appealing). After quilting in a stipple with my sewing machine, I bound it with a black plaid. I love it. The second table runner is a modern look with grays, whites, and blues - it is in a chevon style. It was quilted on the sewing machine using my walking foot. It really is eye-catching, but not my style. I have also finished some quilt tops. I'll need to post photos sometime. Until then, happy quilting, sewing, knitting, crocheting, embroidery,....