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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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