Yesterday I came across a tutorial that was just posted for a strippy runner, on the Twiddletails blog: http://twiddletails.blogspot.com/2009/05/strippy-runner-tutorial.html. I thought it was really appealing and I have been wanting to make another runner but was unsure of the pattern/design that I wanted to use. This tutorial was all I needed to drop the laundry and cleaning and other more important stuff and start another project! I had two floral remnants from the quilt shop and a bit of a quilting solid in a soft green left over from my daughter’s pansy dress, as well as some pink polka dot material that I really love simply because it makes me happy. The pink material was used for my daughter’s Easter dress two years ago. Here is a picture of the dress just for fun. Don’t you love peter pan collars? I can’t believe that she fit into this just two short years ago.
The pink material is a Quilt Pink fabric by Max and Noble for Moda. I am not sure of the florals since their selvages were cut off when I bought them.
The strippy runner tutorial was great. It was fun to make something purposely a little off-kilter. That doesn’t come naturally to me so this was a good experience. I decided to try something new when I quilted it too. This is why I love runners. They are the perfect thing to experiment on. I credit Nicolette from Dutch Comfort with the idea to use zig zag stitches for the quilting. She used them on her spring runner, http://dutchcomfort.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/spring-to-finish-tablerunner/. Instead of using the zig zag all over, I spaced them a presser foot’s edge width apart from each seam. I think it accentuates the fact that the strips are not cut straight and style wise it just seems to go to me. I think I will use the zig zag again. Oh, my runner is the same width as the one in the tutorial but it is a bit shorter in order to fit on the sidetable where I plan to use it. It measures more like 30″ long. Now, back to the laundry.
The pink material is a Quilt Pink fabric by Max and Noble for Moda. I am not sure of the florals since their selvages were cut off when I bought them.
The strippy runner tutorial was great. It was fun to make something purposely a little off-kilter. That doesn’t come naturally to me so this was a good experience. I decided to try something new when I quilted it too. This is why I love runners. They are the perfect thing to experiment on. I credit Nicolette from Dutch Comfort with the idea to use zig zag stitches for the quilting. She used them on her spring runner, http://dutchcomfort.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/spring-to-finish-tablerunner/. Instead of using the zig zag all over, I spaced them a presser foot’s edge width apart from each seam. I think it accentuates the fact that the strips are not cut straight and style wise it just seems to go to me. I think I will use the zig zag again. Oh, my runner is the same width as the one in the tutorial but it is a bit shorter in order to fit on the sidetable where I plan to use it. It measures more like 30″ long. Now, back to the laundry.