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Tootsie Pops

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I have been dreaming about spring table runners.  I knew I didn't want anything too pastel, but definitely wanted fresh greens and maybe some lavender.  No pattern or fabric collection stood out for me.  That is until a couple of days ago when I was browsing through Instagram and saw the perfect spring table runner.

Linda Hrcka of The Quilted Pineapple (machine quilter extraordinaire) showed a lovely picture of a runner she had made with a fabric collection by Jan Patek, and a pattern by Fig Tree called Tootsie Pops.  Exactly what I have been wanting to make.

So, I went to the stash closet and got up on a step stool so I could really see what was on that higher shelf.  I had a fat bundle of Brannock and Patek fabric called Lilac Hill, from TEN years ago that I have been saving for something really special.  I know.  It is insane to hoard a fabric bundle that long, but it isn't like it is going to go bad, right?  A few years ago I had made a quilt with another Brannock and Patek collection called Audra's Iris Garden that has many of the same colors.  I put together a stack of prints fro both groups and loved how they look together.  The fabrics have the green and lavender I was going for, and some beautiful reds.  Have to include the reds.

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I downloaded the pattern from the Fig Tree website and was good to go.  Don't you love it when things come together?

I got started and cut out my fabric-a two and half inch strip of each of the colors shown in the photo at the top of the post.  So, I still have enough of this fabric left over to make about 50 more table runners, or even a full sized quilt.  Or I can keep on hoarding it.

33 responses to “Tootsie Pops”

  1. What lovely fabrics and colors! Isn’t it a delight when you can shhop you stash? A blogger in NC calls it her Home Shopping Club!
    The pattern is great, too. Enjoy the process!
    Hugs!

  2. What lovely fabrics and colors! Isn’t it a delight when you can shhop you stash? A blogger in NC calls it her Home Shopping Club!
    The pattern is great, too. Enjoy the process!
    Hugs!

  3. What lovely fabrics and colors! Isn’t it a delight when you can shhop you stash? A blogger in NC calls it her Home Shopping Club!
    The pattern is great, too. Enjoy the process!
    Hugs!

  7. This runner is going to be beautiful! Love the colors. And isn’t it great that a person can download a PDF of a pattern and get started right away on a project – no more waiting for the pattern to come in the mail.

  8. This runner is going to be beautiful! Love the colors. And isn’t it great that a person can download a PDF of a pattern and get started right away on a project – no more waiting for the pattern to come in the mail.

  9. This runner is going to be beautiful! Love the colors. And isn’t it great that a person can download a PDF of a pattern and get started right away on a project – no more waiting for the pattern to come in the mail.

  10. Don’t you love it when everything is right there & ready to go once you have a plan? PDF patterns = instant gratification…what could be better?

  11. Don’t you love it when everything is right there & ready to go once you have a plan? PDF patterns = instant gratification…what could be better?

  12. Don’t you love it when everything is right there & ready to go once you have a plan? PDF patterns = instant gratification…what could be better?

  16. It will be lovely. And — Ha! — isn’t it funny just how far a bit of fabric can go!
    Love your double nine-patch from yesterday’s post, too.

  17. It will be lovely. And — Ha! — isn’t it funny just how far a bit of fabric can go!
    Love your double nine-patch from yesterday’s post, too.

  18. It will be lovely. And — Ha! — isn’t it funny just how far a bit of fabric can go!
    Love your double nine-patch from yesterday’s post, too.

  25. lol…I tell people I can’t die because I have too much fabric that I have to use b4 I can die peacefully in my sleep. ;p
    Love those colors you chose! Curious to hear what you think of the pattern. I love Fig Tree fabric/colors but I have found her pattern are poorly written and sometimes difficult to follow.

  26. lol…I tell people I can’t die because I have too much fabric that I have to use b4 I can die peacefully in my sleep. ;p
    Love those colors you chose! Curious to hear what you think of the pattern. I love Fig Tree fabric/colors but I have found her pattern are poorly written and sometimes difficult to follow.

  27. lol…I tell people I can’t die because I have too much fabric that I have to use b4 I can die peacefully in my sleep. ;p
    Love those colors you chose! Curious to hear what you think of the pattern. I love Fig Tree fabric/colors but I have found her pattern are poorly written and sometimes difficult to follow.

  28. You are right. Fabric never goes bad and is not fattening. Can’t wait to see the results.

  29. You are right. Fabric never goes bad and is not fattening. Can’t wait to see the results.

  30. You are right. Fabric never goes bad and is not fattening. Can’t wait to see the results.

  31. You picked the perfect spring fabrics right from your own resource center. Fabric never goes bad, and color preferences cycle around so having a well stocked stash is a good thing!

  32. You picked the perfect spring fabrics right from your own resource center. Fabric never goes bad, and color preferences cycle around so having a well stocked stash is a good thing!

  33. You picked the perfect spring fabrics right from your own resource center. Fabric never goes bad, and color preferences cycle around so having a well stocked stash is a good thing!