Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Patriotic runner

Recently we took a drove to see if we could spot eagles over at the Mississippi river.  It's always a gamble if one will see them or not.  That got me to thinking of making a patriotic runner.  I pictured it in my head and then went into EQ8 when I got home.  This is what I came up with.  I have quite a bit of red, white and blue fabric in the stash so I got right to work on it.

We got really lucky and spotted about 25 eagles that day, this is a poor picture but you get the idea and have proof we saw some!!  There were about a dozen sitting on the ice near the open water. But only a couple of those had their white heads yet. 

I quilted a wavy line using a wavy ruler with white thread in the white fabrics and red thread in the red fabrics.  An allover loop design in blue thread on the blue fabric worked well.  After quilting and binding, I machine appliqued the white stars.  I didn't want the blue fabric showing through the white star so I put a soft fusible interfacing on the back of the star.  That also helps keep the fraying down.  Two sizes of stars were used, the smaller 2 near the red stripes and the larger in the middle.


 This is now listed in my Etsy shop.



11 comments:

  1. So cool you got to spot that many eagles in the wild! Every once in a while we will have one fly through our area. Love that they were able to inspire you to create such a beautiful little table runner.

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  2. What a nice table runner. And hw lucky to see so many eagles. They are gorgeous creatures.

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  3. Hi Vicki,
    I love how this came together! The fabrics are just perfect, and the white stars stayed nice and white with the interfacing on the backs. Perfect! I didn't know eagles would sit on ice! That picture looks so COLD. Brrrrrr! ~smile~ Roseanne

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  4. This is a beautiful runner. How wonderful for you to enjoy a day out being inspired by nature!

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  5. It's great to have a day out! I like your table runner. Looks like you're planning ahead.

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  6. Love your table runner - I'm a sucker for red, white and blue!!

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  7. Glad you were able to see the eagles. It always amazes me when there are so many gathered. Great job on the runner! You have come up with some great patterns lately!

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  8. Wonderful! I love how easy it is, and how dramatic. The perfect runner to make for Memorial Day and the Fourth of July! Thanks for linking up to Wednesday Wait Loss.

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  9. You're getting a jump on the upcoming holidays, I see! This one is finished well in advance of July 4th, or even Flag Day :) How great that you got to see so many eagles. They are magnificent birds!

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  10. Beautiful table runner Vicki! You should come down to our house and we can sit on the deck and watch eagles all day!

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