Happy Monday! I hope you enjoyed your last weekend before Christmas. Here in New Hampshire, we got six inches of snow, I finally put ornaments on the tree, I baked two kinds of Christmas cookies, and I'm feeling hopeful (wishful thinking??) that the rest of my online shopping will show up on time. Five days until Christmas? Bring it on!
It's Day 7 (and the final day) of the Homespun Holiday QAL and today we're assembling and finishing our table runners!
The assembly for this project is super simple — just adding sashing between each of the blocks and all of the rows, always pressing towards the sashing.
Then it's on to finishing. In the interest of time, I chose to quilt my table runner with an all over quilting pattern (Holly Hop by Apricot Moon Designs), but I think this project would look great with custom quilting that accentuates the shapes and elements of the different blocks. And if you wanted to do some very simple quilting that underscores the homespun look of the project, you could big stitch quilt by hand down the center of all of the sashing strips using perle cotton. Yum!
Ready to get started? Here's the link for today's pattern sheet. Please note that there are two pages again today.
The pattern sheets for the Homespun Holiday table runner will remain available through the end of the year. In January, I'll make a complete pattern for the project available in my Etsy shop. I'd love to see your finished runners, so please feel free to share with me via email or social media (Instagram or Facebook/@jendalyquilts).
And that brings the Homespun Holiday QAL to a close. It's been a joy to quilt along with you and I hope you have a happy and healthy holiday!
—jen
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