Patriotic Table Runner
Patriotic Table Runner
I've been keeping a small stash of red, white, and blue fabrics for some time and I thought it was finally time to make a cute table runner out of some of them.
After picking a design, I layed out the fabrics in the order I wanted to sew them.
For the center square, I cut a 4 inch by 4 inch piece. For all the strips surrounding it, I cut 4 two inch strips of each fabric. I did have some left over, but that didn't bother me. I'd always rather cut a little too much than a little too little when working on a project.
The back. I think it just looks so gorgeous! I used scrap red, cream, and blue fabric for the backing. I've used this same fabric for the back of this red, white, and blue project.
I decided to machine quilt this with a variegated red, white, and blue machine quilting thread.
Look at that texture! I stitched in the ditch and then echoed that by using the width of the sewing foot to keep it somewhat symmetrical. I also ironed the seams open so that stitching in the ditch would be a bit easier. Basically easy-peasy machine quilting.
And because I machine quilted it, I completed it in one day / sitting. That includes ironing and cutting too - I'm a little proud of this.
For the binding, I used scrap solid red cotton fabric. As I've said before, my favorite binding is always a solid.
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Happy creating, and happy quilting!
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