I have a sideboard in my dining room (really an old dresser) that right now is still sporting a Christmas runner (gasp!). I had planned to make a Spring runner for it but got way laid so why not a summer runner to honor Memorial Day and July 4 --- even if they have already passed! Ok, so it'll be ready for Labor Day. The good news was that the fabrics came from what still remains from the stash collected for the QOV top. As of now the top and backing for the runner are finished:
It's the "Star Spangled Banner" (free) pattern from American Patchwork and Quilting (and not to be confused with the "Star Spangled" runner I made for our terrace table back in 2013 -- has it been that long?!?). This was another Accuquilt Go! project for me since I was able to cut the block strips with their Log Cabin die.
Accuquilt has enough of a variety of dies that it's possible to cut just about any project out with one. While I often examine a potential project to see if I can use the die cutter to make most of the cuts for it, there are times when hauling out the cutter and dies for a project isn't worth the effort. However, for log cabin block strips it is so worth it! I cut all of the blue strips with the die from the leftovers from the recent QOV project. I also cut some of the light strips from that stash too but was also able to use a few light strips already in my Log Cabin Strip Storage Box.
This was an idea I got from Mary Johnson over at Making Scrap Quilts From Stash (and unfortunately, I can't link to the exact post --- she changed her blogging platform in 2018 and the 2016 post I got the tip from is not on her current site). Ingenious, huh?!? Mary makes a lot of charity quilts for Heartstrings and always has a ton of projects in the works so obviously knows a lot about keeping things organized.
APQ's original runner design featured white wool stars appliqued on but I did mine in a gold cotton print. For some reason, whenever I am looking at QOV designs, I always want to add either a touch of gold or gold stars to the design. And while this project isn't for a QOV, I'm still in that mode right now so that's where my mind went. The stars were also cut with the GO! with fusible attached although I still have to fuse them down to be stitched in place. The central panel in the backing will be the label area and written on when the runner is finished. I've always said that the easiest way for me to ensure that a quilt gets labeled is to make sure the label (or a space for it) gets put into the backing. If I have to add it later, it might never get done!
So next step is to get this quilted! To that end, the shininess you see on the top is the plastic preview paper I have over it as I audition stitch designs:
I have a few more books to look at for ideas specifically related to log cabin blocks/quilts before I choose the final design.
It should also be noted that I'm also collecting the parts for another table mat:
This is another APQ free pattern. I'm making it smaller than patterned to go on a table in our living room. Can't use up too many of these RWB scraps though, have to save some for future QOV projects!
Linking up on Pat's Sloan's latest UFO check in. Go see what everyone else is working on too!
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