Table Scraps Challenge ~~Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

 

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

I’ve had this large scrap of fabric since 2012, when we cleaned out my MIL’s craft closet. She had lots of sequins and glitter kind of items, not much fabric. But I latched onto this piece and a couple of scraps of some coordinating fabric. It was most  likely from a fabric selection at K-Mart. I knew I could make a runner for my small buffet, but I just had not done it. So it languished! When Angela selected green for RSC21 and Joyful Quilter hosted the Table Scraps Challenge and suggested using the color of the month..well, I knew what I had to do.

After really looking at the fabric I decided strips in QAYG was the answer. So I pulled some other fabrics and a gifted green jelly roll and got to work. 

 

I know that the maximum length of my buffet is 36" and the width is 17".  I was able to piece 2 narrow scraps of batting and square it up to be 30" X 13.5" . I cut the piece of fabric with the printed squares for the backing. It already looks like patchwork. I cheated! After layering the backing, wrong side up I spritzed it with a quick shot of basting spray and then lay the pieced batting on top.

 

I straight line quilted it using my walking foot as a guide. It’s not quite even! But it’s fine. Do you see the little red ladybugs? A few have white spots, but most have tiny black spots! I thought I had a bit of dotted red in my stash. I had both white dot and black dot. I chose the red with black dots for a bit of color change from so much green . I hoped it didn’t take on a Christmas vibe! I thinks it’s fine. 

I bound it with some different printed-to-look-like-a-quilt fabric! I needed to use it up! 

Sometimes when hand sewing the binding down, you get a perfect corner . The diagonal from black to white in the print just happened on this corner, 

It looks pretty good on my buffet all by itself.

But I’ve dressed it with a crystal candy dish full of chocolates, some ceramic St Pat's Day bears, a tall green taper candle made by my sister in a wooden turned candle holder made by her husband. A small gold dipper votive surrounded by some old coins and tokens. And my sister and brother-in-law wedding photo.  A shrine of sorts . They are both gone now. 

This is my Table Scraps Challenge for March. I'll link it up to The Joyful Quilter's linky party the end of the month. I'm having so much fun doing this challenge. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy