Christmas in August

Anybody else having a busy month? I have several things on my plate this month, so I thought a simple quilting project was in order.

A year ago, one of my favorite online quilt shops went out of business and I snatched up a few yards yards upon yards of fabric for 99 cents a yard! I used some to make pillowcases, some to make my Scintillating Stars quilt, and now I'm using some to make Christmas table runners. Don't worry, I still have plenty for future projects!

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I started with nine different one-yard cuts of fabric from the S'Noel line by Dana Brooks for Henry Glass & Co. I cut each into 2.5" strips.

I spray basted a few yards of the gray print onto some cotton batting and started sewing the strips to the batting. This quilt-as-you-go technique is quick and doesn't require extra quilting afterward.

Once I had enough strips to reach the end of my batting, the quilt measured about 40" x 90".

I trimmed up the edges, cut the quilt in half to make two 40" squares, then cut each of those into thirds to create six table runners.

I used more of the strips that I had already cut to bind them.

I still have a large stack of strips left, so there will be more of these in my future!

Now I will print a few labels and send them off as Pay It Forward gifts! 

I'm never sure if I should count "table runners" in my overall quilt count. I haven't in the past because the word "quilt" isn't in "table runner." However, it still requires all of the same steps and is larger than many of my mini quilts (that I do count)!

Maybe I should just call them a "table quilt" so I can justify counting them!

If I add them to my count, then these six "table quilts" make quilt finishes 29 through 34 for the year! I just can't do it! I can't add them to the overall quilt count! Mental block! So these are table runners 1 through 6 for the year!

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