Thursday, June 23, 2022

Sunshine On My Shoulders

Do you remember John Denver's song Sunshine On My Shoulders?  That is the first thing I thought of when Carol announced this blog hop Here Comes The Sun.  You most likely know that Carol, Carla and Joan put on the most fun hops around.  Thank you ladies for hosting and inspiring us to join in the hops!  If you are new here welcome!!  I hope you will look around and maybe even sign up to follow me:)

                                                  

For this hop Carol suggested we make something to do with sunshine, summer, beaches or something yellow.  It didn't take me long to figure out I wanted to remake a table runner I had already made a few times.  It requires the Accuquilt Morning Star die to make it, but doesn't it just look summery and like a sunshine in these scrappy yellow fabrics.


I wrote a tutorial for Accuquilt on how to make this table runner a couple years ago, you can find it HERE.  I will show you a couple of the steps for the block. You start by adding yellow triangles to the white one, making two of these units for each quadrant of the block. 


Make four quadrants and sew them together for the block. This runner is composed of three blocks.


I quilted it on my Nolting Funquilter with an allover freehand hook swirl design. I used Glide thread in a yellow/gold and Hobbs 80/20 for the batting. 


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28 comments:

  1. Danice GJune 24, 2022 at 2:18 AM

    The runner is truly pretty. 'Love that orange so much. Thank you for the link to the pattern as well.

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  2. Daryl @ Patchouli Moon StudioJune 24, 2022 at 5:58 AM

    Beautiful runner and I love the quilting on it!

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  3. lynnJune 24, 2022 at 6:36 AM

    Very pretty runner, and your quilting is perfect.

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  4. AnnieJune 24, 2022 at 6:52 AM

    Vicki, this is an awesome summery table runner! I love all those yellows. I’ve been thinking about a yellow quilt lately, so this is a surprise of great inspiration. The sun design for your runner fabulous! Thanks for sharing insights on your block construction.

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  5. CarolJune 24, 2022 at 7:19 AM

    Lovely summery runner! I like all the yellows and the quilting is perfect for the theme.

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  6. Karen - Quilts...etc.June 24, 2022 at 7:42 AM

    I like that! I need to look through the accuquilt dies that I have and see if I have what I need to make the Panama Pyramid quilt - I was going to do that one once and passed what I had made to another as I had lost interest, the pieces were quite small but with accuquilt I might be able to just make it little bigger if I have the right dies

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  7. CalicojoanJune 24, 2022 at 7:59 AM

    It's hard to know where to start on this beauty! The Morning Star blocks are beautiful and make up such a cute runner, but that quilting. Be still my heart! That just took it over the top! I would have to dare anyone who spilled anything on it! LOL!! Great job.

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  8. Carol SwiftJune 24, 2022 at 8:34 AM

    This is so beautiful...love it! It looked so complicated until you broke it down on how it goes together. I may need one of those Accuquilt dies so I can make some Morning Stars. Your quilting is perfect for this and looks amazing. You rocked the theme with your "steaming hot" runner!

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  9. LIttle Penguin QuiltsJune 24, 2022 at 8:34 AM

    That's a pretty one, Vicki! I love the variety of yellows/golds you included. I've tried to make that triangle block with a ruler and rotary cutter and always felt like the ruler was going to slip - I bet the Accuquilt makes that so much easier!

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  10. Alycia~QuiltygirlJune 24, 2022 at 9:26 AM

    PERFECT!!! It totally reminds me of Sunshine on my Shoulders!! and now I will be singing that song all day!!! What a beautiful runner!!!

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  11. SaraJune 24, 2022 at 9:52 AM

    So pretty! Your block technique is deceptively simple. Who knew that was how it was made! Very clever technique.

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  12. Elizabeth CoughlinJune 24, 2022 at 10:16 AM

    What a beautiful table runner!

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  13. Karrin HurdJune 24, 2022 at 10:30 AM


    Beautiful table runner. Thanks so much for sharing!

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  14. CarlaJune 24, 2022 at 11:12 AM

    Holy cow, I love it! Thanks for showing the block parts, it looks so easy now. Great project!

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  15. ShirleyG in MNJune 24, 2022 at 11:50 AM

    LOVE this runner! I'm interested in getting your thoughts on the quilt machine too? sguzzi@outlook.com. I'm in Excelsior MN!

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  16. Quilting GailJune 24, 2022 at 12:00 PM

    Love the colours you used for this great table runner! It's beautiful!

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  17. Carol AndrewsJune 24, 2022 at 2:10 PM

    OMG! What a perfect, sweet, sunny runner! Thank you for sharing and for the link to the tutorial.

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  18. For the love of geeseJune 24, 2022 at 2:14 PM

    Lovely. You make me want that die more now.

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  19. LJJune 24, 2022 at 2:20 PM

    I love your table runner. The colors are perfect as well as the design. What a wonderful tut. You did splendid.

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  20. piecefulwendyJune 24, 2022 at 3:43 PM

    Perfect song for the Hop, and perfect runner, too! I love that design!

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  21. Siouxzq64@gmail.comJune 24, 2022 at 4:40 PM

    Love the runner, the colors are fabulous.

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  22. Karen's KornerJune 24, 2022 at 8:38 PM

    The perfect dash of sunshine in your pretty runner.

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  23. Joy from Days Filled With JoyJune 25, 2022 at 3:47 AM

    Now that is the perfect song and project for this hop!!! Bright and cheerful! xx

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  24. SharonJune 26, 2022 at 9:00 AM

    Thank you for sharing your sunny runner!

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  25. LeahJune 26, 2022 at 4:42 PM

    This is beautiful! So bright and cheerful!

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  26. Home Sewn By UsJune 27, 2022 at 12:47 PM

    Hi Vicki! That's so funny. I saw your title and started humming that song. I guess I know it. Yes, yes, and yes please. Your runner does like the sunshine in a bottle, er, table runner. So, I see you used my favorite quilting design (swirl hook) and a nifty block. Do you suppose I PINned both of those photos? I sure did. {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne

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  27. beaquilterJune 30, 2022 at 10:23 AM

    Uhh this is really pretty!

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  28. Anorina @SameliasMumJuly 2, 2022 at 5:22 PM

    Wow! Such a fun table runner. Very sunny indeed.

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