Stripped Table Runner Using Left Over Scraps

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”. 

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.

I now had a table runner 10” by 30” which seemed a little too short.

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.

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.

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.

Below is my Sprial Log Cabin quilt that I used the left over strips from.