Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Sewing with Scraps - Tablerunner

In a burst of energy in late December, I tackled a major clean up of my creative space.  I'd donated or tossed a bunch of things included scraps I was certain I would never use.  (That said, I imagine I did actually toss something useful but what is gone is gone!)

When I did find some reasonably sized scraps, I made a plan for what to actually make with them.  This tablerunner was the first quilting with scraps finish.

table runner tutorial

The fabric is from a quilt I made several years ago, a Christmas line from Kate Spain.  I just love the snowflakes on each of these prints and thought they would make a perfect table runner to take one into January.

table runner tutorial

The pattern is available here in Craftsy. 

table runner tutorial

 It would be fantastic in all kinds of colorways, including scrappy!

table runner tutorial

 I did an organic wavy line for the quilting and was very pleased with the finish.  I gifted this to my mom for Christmas and she loved it!

I hope to post monthly on a project made with scraps - hoping to inspire as well as clean up my space in a useful way!

And before you go, I've a couple of other things underway on the blog.   Elm Street Quilts Word 16 runs through the end of January.  Still plenty of time to make your mini and link up here.

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Have a wonderful day! Patty

6 comments:

  1. This looks awesome! Thanks for sharing at Sew Cute Tuesday!

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  2. The blue and white/cream are perfect for winter. What a lovely runner. TFS

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  3. That's really pretty, Patty - those fabrics are luscious - perfect for winter :D Sometimes after I toss or rehome notiony or fabricy stash, I get a feeling in the pit of my stomach ... "What have I just done?! NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" Lol!

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  4. A very pretty table runner that must really make you feel sunny and happy each time you look at it! Thanks for sharing...

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  5. hehehe...what's gone is gone. Good mantra. You can always rebuy if there is a pinch, so far - I've not had that happen. I wish I could say done, but I still have a long way to go in my space. Your runner is a beauty, I still have a tub of Kate Spain Christmas fabric, I think it multiplies in there...gonna try to make a sweater or two for Lorna's new qal.

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  6. How neat and the organic quilting adds so much!

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