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Update on SuperSymmetry Table Runner and the Library Book Borrowing Bonanza

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Update on SuperSymmetry Table Runner

Well after Monday’s guest post by Mike the Miniature Schnauzer’s on the update of one of the WIPs (Guest Blog Post: Progress on “My Blanket”), the gray granny square blanket, that I shared in this post 2023 Recap: A Year in “Makes” and WIPs Going Forward, I guess I should actually do a post providing an update on another WIP I mentioned in the “2023 Recap” post: the table runner for our new table made from orphan blocks from my friend Wendy’s quilt SuperSymmetry (the quilt and the pattern she wrote appeared in the October 2010 edition of The Quilt Life):

I have all the blocks that Wendy gave me sewn together; and now it seems I have quite a few to make to bring the piece the full length of the table.

I am floating the table runner in progress on the taupe-brownish fabric that I will use as the borders. It is the same fabric I used as the setting fabric in this quilt which is in the dining room/library:

Yes that is Mike napping at my feet while I read a book in the library (before it was the dining room/library).

Here’s a couple more photos of the table runner in progress laid out on the dining table, this time with the bowl and candles that will sit on top of it when it is done:

You can see my breakfast in the background, it is a nice place to sit, read and eat breakfast.

I really like how the table runner is looking in the room and it coordinates well with my color scheme. I have one of those Ruggable washable rugs on order for under the table the in a muted brown color. Hopefully the rug will tie the room even more together (as well as protect the carpet from food spills when the dining table it being used).

A Library Book Borrowing Bonanza

You might have noticed in the first image in this post a stack of library books on the chair in the corner. A while back I decided to end my series of posts on the stack of library books I borrow from the library (last post in the series was Revenge of The Library Stack). But I thought I would share a special library book borrowing bonanza event.

The Saturday before New Year Eve (12/30), John and I decided to have a unique adventure – we decided on one day to visit all the libraries in our local library system that were within a reasonable drive. We drove to four different library branches, three of which I’ve never visited. Since my library card worked at all the libraries, I had an “incident” and came home with a LOT of books.

It was fun raiding the NEW NONFICTION sections of each library as well as browsing their 700s sections where all the yumminess for me awaits! It was such a delight to visit all those libraries in one day and what a wonderful sense of anticipation I had as our car parked in front of a library I’d never been to before!

Remember the post I did on the literary and popular culture inspired Christmas Trees my local library had on display (see post O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Trees…) as part of the Forest of Trees? Well the other libraries we visited in the library system also had trees on display as part of this library system wide program.

I took a ridiculous amount of pictures of the different trees at each library branch we visited. Here are some of my favorites (sorry the lighting wasn’t the best for photography) listed in order of the photos:

  1. Princess Bride
  2. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  3. Cat in the Hat
  4. Star Wars
  5. Star Trek
  6. The Hobbit

Such amazing creativity on the part of the library staff who came up with the concepts and decorated the trees!

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26 thoughts on “Update on SuperSymmetry Table Runner and the Library Book Borrowing Bonanza”

  2. The table runner is very pretty – how long is the table? Love how Mike coordinates so nicely with your quilts, too, and I really like that log cabin quilt with all those warm, cozy colors! Had to laugh about your book haul – LOL!

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  4. Love the natural colours of the table runner on the wooden table.
    And wow! That’s a lot of books! I notice there’s a good pile of crafting books to flick through but do you really think you’ll have time to read all the others before they’re due to be returned? Lol.

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  7. the table runner is going to look marvelous when finished and I love the quilt. not colours I would ever use together but that is what makes it so special. The dining room/ library looks like a very comfortable, cozy place to hang out. Obviously with all those books there is a need for a library space. Happy reading.

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  9. You inspire no idea about getting on with “things” – as for the library books – well, you know you wouldn’t just go to “new libraries” without borrowing – and it was an adventure into the unknown buildings of “paper and words”

    I need to start my 2024 art journey pronto – no one here has a crafting bone left in their body – even though some have earlier in their lives…

    and a comment from one lady, “but I’ve seen all your art, the bookmark I chose when you were checking us out” – oh my – I thought, I hardly make bookmarks!!! And actually I had semi cheated with those bookmarks I bought down, I printed off one my “tent” artworks on heavier paper and cut them up into the bookmark size!

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