Your guests will be star struck by this patriotic table runner! Red white and blue quilt blocks and striped fabric sew together easily to create a pretty dining room display for the 4th of July! Download printable instructions.
Materials:
- ⅓ yard of white on white cotton fabric
- ¼ yard of blue cotton fabric
- ⅛ yard of red fabric
- 1 ¼ yards of striped cotton fabric
- 1 ½ yards of cotton fabric for backing and binding
- Batting
- Batting
- Rotary cutting system
- Quarter square triangle ruler (QST)
- Half square triangle ruler (HST)
Tools:
Steps:
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Cutting:
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White on white fabric: 5 strips 2½” x 45”
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Blue fabric: 2 strips 2½” x 45”
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Red fabric: 1 strip 2½” x 45”
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Strip fabric (cut lengthwise): 2 strips 3½” x 42½”; 4 strips 3½” x 12½”; 2 strips 2” x 45”
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Segments for the blocks will be cut from the strips that were prepared in Step 1 using the QST and the HST rulers. The rulers will include the seam allowances.
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White on white: 24 QST 2½” x 4”; 24 HST 2½” x 2½”
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Blue fabric: 24 QST 2½” x 4”
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Red fabric: 12 QST 2½” x 4”
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Striped fabric 16 QST 2” x 3”
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Piece the segments as follows:
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Flying geese patch: Use 24 white on white QST with 12 red HST to make 12 flying geese total blue and white patches.
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Use 24 blue QST and 24 white on white QST to make 12 blue and white patches.
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After pressing the patches sew the flying geese patch to the blue and white patch.
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Next cut the remaining white on white strips into 24 2½” x 6½” pieces. Stitch these pieces to the left side of the patches from Step 4.
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Sew the above 24 units into three quilt blocks.
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Sew the 3½” x 12½” striped sashing pieces to the sides of the block connecting all three blocks together with sashing at either end of the table runner
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Cut and sew the four corner blocks using the remaining two strips of striped fabric.
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Cut 16 QST 2” x 3”
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Sew four blocks carefully matching the stripes and press.
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Sew two of the blocks to the ends of one 3½” x 42½” sashing strip. Repeat with remaining blocks and sashing strip.
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Sew the sashing to the sides of the table runner.
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Layer the backing batting and table runner top. Baste the layers.
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Quilt the table runner using the Crown Jewel.
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Bind the table runner