What does this have to do with my post title? Well, it has to do with sewing because sewn creations are like people or snowflakes. They can be unique creations, impossible to replicate exactly. I have come to really enjoy the creative aspect of sewing. There is a combination of precision and free expression that comes together to make something beautiful and one of a kind. It is highly unlikely that anyone is even capable of replicating the table runner that I just made.
It was for St. Patrick's Day. I finished it today. Oh, well. It is just green and neutrals so I can use it at other times too. I got the idea to make a table runner because I wanted to practice making half square triangles. We've been doing a lot of them for quilt class and I stink at them. My sister got a special ruler that makes them easier and faster so I borrowed it and concocted a plan. I looked up an idea on the internet and I found this:
http://quilting.about.com/od/Easy-Quilts/ss/Easy-Scrap-Table-Runner-Pattern_2.htm
I didn't follow the exact directions for dimensions because I had some 7 inch pieces of fabric that I wanted to use. So, that determined the size of my squares. I just looked at the picture and said, "I can do that."
The creativity for me came in my fabric selections. Some of them were from 7 inch squares I won as prizes at quilt class. Some of them were from fabric I inherited from my grandmother. Some of them were fabric from the 80's and 90's that my mother in law gave me when she was cleaning out her fabric stash. One was the leftover pieces from a sheet my mom gave me that I cut up and put in a blue jean quilt. Nobody else is going to have access to those exact fabrics in that combination. It's unique. It's different. It's one of a kind. It's weird and I didn't sew it perfectly, even though I tried. But, I like it. I would love to make a scrappy table runner in blue. Who wants to donate a square of blue fabric so that it can be unique?
