Five Shadows

I’ve been dreaming of pumpkins lately and came up with this little mug rug.

Then I got to thinking, what would it look like to insert flying geese into a pieced or applique pumpkin? This idea was generated from Gail Garber’s book Flying Colors, which I first heard about on Terri Stegmiller’s blog Stegart. I was intrigued by Terri’s design and bought the book from my local quilt shop Fabrics and Friends.

Playing, here is what I have so far:

And also an insert of triangles:

I am just having so much fun with this concept! And my mind is racing with other ideas of where to insert flying geese into quilts!

I’m taking a Machine Quilting Class through Craftsy with Wendy Butler Berns. I gave the machine quilting a go on this table runner.

I used Wendy’s Walking Foot method for the curves in the leaves and also used free motion quilting for the leaf stems. Heather of Trends and Traditions has a nice tutorial on her blog for doing the inside mitered binding corners.

Here is the pattern for the Falling Leaves Tablerunner. Please share a photo with me if you make the table runner!

Falling Leaves Tablerunner 2012.pages