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Stripped Table Runner Using Left Over Scraps

6/9/2014

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When I make a quilt I usually have left over scraps that are different sizes.  In this case I sewed all the strips together and since they were left over from a fat quarter the size was 16” by 20”.  I cut the strip set in half widthwise so I had 2 blocks 10” by 16”. 
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If I sewed the 2 blocks together that would be 10” by 32” which seemed too short for a table runner, so I added a strip that I had left over from the backing to the middle between the 2 blocks.
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I now had a table runner 10” by 30” which seemed a little too short.
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So I sewed a strip to each end of the table runner. So now I had a table runner 10” by 36” which seemed to be a good length.


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I layered it on batting and pieced the backing from left over fabric pieces.  I just keep adding strips until I had a piece big enough for the backing.

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I then spray basted the 3 layers and quilted in the ditch with gold rayon thread.  I could have used the quilt as you so method except that I don’t know what I am going to end up with table runner or placemats or a tote bags so that method doesn’t work for me.

I bound the table runner with black fabric.  Below is the finished table runner with lovely black and gold fabrics left over from my Spiral Log Cabin quilt.
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Below is my Sprial Log Cabin quilt that I used the left over strips from.

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Using Left Over Squares - Different Square Sizes

17/7/2014

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I had some left over squares from a project which were different sizes.  I decided to make 3 blocks with 3 different square sizes.  I added some sashing between the blocks and a small border. 






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For quilting the block with the smallest squares, I stitched between the squares horizontally.  I then stitched on the diagonal through the squares. The thread color I used for the entire quilt was medium purple.  It blended well with all of the fabrics.

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This is the back of the quilt.

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For quilting the block with the medium squares, I stitched between the squares horizontally.  I then stitched on the diagonal through the squares.

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For quilting the block with the largest squares, I stitched in the ditch between each of the squares.  Then I stitched on the diagonal twice.  Then I free motion stitched scribbles in the white square triangles. I learned this technique in this Craftsy class Design It Quilt It by Cindy Needham

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This is the back of the block with the scribbles.

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Here is the table runner on my table. 

How do you quilt blocks with squares?





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Tiled Table Mat Quilt

15/7/2014

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I had these strips left over from making a Spiral Log Cabin quilt.

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I sewed the strips together in to blocks and trimmed the blocks so that they were square.

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To make the quilt bigger I added sashing borders with corner squares.  I really like using corner squares in sashing since it makes it easy to line the rows up.

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I added a inner border and an outer border to complete the quilt. 

For the quilting, I stitched in the ditch on each side of the sashing.  I stitched in the ditch on each side of the inner border.

For the blocks I used a plastic quilting template.  I used my blue quilt marking pen that is supposed to fade to mark the quilting lines.  I do have lots of quilt marking pens and I never know which one fade and which ones need to be ironed.

However the next day, the blue lines still showed so I spray the lines with water and most of them faded.  The next day I had to spray some of the spots again.  There is some blue in one of the fabrics so it was a little hard to tell if all the spots faded.  The lesson learned is to spray the lines with water after I have finished the quilting.

Click here for the pattern
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It looks nice on my table.  It would probably look better on a smaller table.

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Using Up left over Strips

15/6/2014

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Wondering what to do with left over strips from a quilt project.  Here is an idea.

After making a quilt that was made with fat quarters I had 15 left over flannel strips that varied in width and were about 21" long.  Because the strips were flannel, I wasn't quite sure what to do with them.  I thought that they might make a table runner however there were not enough of the them. There fore I needed to add some filler strips in between.  

I pick up one of the strips that sort of looked like it might be an average size.  It measure 2 1/4". So finished that would be 1 3/4" times 15 strips would be 26.25", not long enough for a table runner. I thought that if I added a 1" finished strip in between which would add 14" then the table runner would be about 40".

So I cut 7 strips 1 1/2" width from a white fabric, cut the strips in half so they were about the same length as the flannel strips.  I sewed the white strips between each of the flannel strips. 
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For the quilting, I stitched in the ditch on each side of the white filler strip.  For some of the wider flannel strips, I stitch down the center of the strip.
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Since the flannel strips varied in width, the actually size of the table runner was 48".  By the time I trimmed the strips to the same length, the table runner measured 17" width. 

I discovered an easier way on how to measure the width of the finished table runner when using strips of different widths.  I will share that with you in a future blog.

I took a Craftsy class Strip Your Stash by Nancy Smith and it gave me inspiration for my table runner.
Do you have ideas on what to do with left over strips?
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