The two table runners I am about to share with you were pieced about a year ago. Why didn't I finish them you might ask. Simply because I couldn't figure out how I wanted to quilt them. Fast forward to Monday of this week and I had a plan for both of them, YAY!
The star was what was holding me up a year ago and with a plan in place the star was fun to quilt! I pinned the backing onto the leaders on my longarm, layered the batting and top and basted it on. First up was SID(stitch in the ditch) around the thin red border. Then I checked out a path for the star so I only had one start and one stop per star. I marked it out with white school chalk for the trial run. Yep it worked out perfectly!
After the stars were all done I SID with white Glide thread around the white with red polka dot background and then stippled it. And last were the piano keys for the holly leaf border.
I love how it came out! The Starry Path Accuquilt BOB(block on board) die was used for the stars.
The perfect backing, I had purchased a bolt of this from Marshall Dry Goods last winter. It will come in handy for a lot more Christmas table runners.
The second UFO table runner is also one from an Accuquilt BOB die, Arkansas Traveler.
Same story for this one, I couldn't come up with a quilting design for it until now.
Each diamond was quilted with continuous curve, each block was only one start and one stop.
The background only needed stippling to make the diamonds stand out. Yay two UFO's done, photographed and listed in my shop!
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Beautiful runners!
ReplyDeleteWow! Both are beautiful. The one on the bottom is really striking.
ReplyDeleteGreat job! For me too, the quilting plan is often the thing that holds me up. Kudos for getting past that to create two beautiful runners! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Have you been happy with Marshall Dry Goods fabric after the project has been washed? I've bought a few pieces of their fabric and they seemed like they didn't hold up to pre-washing very well so I've been reluctant to use them in projects.
ReplyDeleteI love the quilting you came up with, Vicki!!!
ReplyDeleteThose are both pretty! Love the stars in the first one especially. They look tricky!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on finishing two UFOs, Vicki. They are beautifully pieced and quilted.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the quilting. It's hard to figure out how to quilt something sometimes.
ReplyDeleteYour information worked! I love your table runners, as usual!! :)
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful, Vicki. Love the fabrics.
ReplyDeleteBoth are lovely! Sometimes it just takes a while for the quilting idea to bubble up
ReplyDeleteYour table runners look great! I think I bought that Arkansas Traveler die but have never used it. You are inspiring me…
ReplyDeleteHi Vicki, those are really lovely runners and the quilting really suits them. Please consider linking up to Free Motion Mavericks. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteBoth look great. Thank you for linking up to Put your foot down.
ReplyDeleteyour centers in your Arkansas Traveler's all came together so nicely - I just couldn't get some of mine to meet in the center so well
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