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Saturday, July 19, 2014

Patriotic Table Runner Gift for Mom

My parents are huge NASCAR fans. They have a camper and go to several races a year along the east coast. This year for my moms birthday I decided to make her a small table runner for the campers kitchen table. I used the jelly roll pattern from this jelly roll quilt along blog. The only thing I changed was to use only five strips.  The stars and firework fabric is from A Nation's Song  collection and the checkered fabric is from the 2014 Thomas the Train line.  Both are from Quilting Treasures. I really like the checkered fabric because it reminded me of the checker flag and when it all came together I felt it looked like a racetrack. This sort of happened by accident but really came together nicely.  

I only did two sets of jelly roll strips matching two in the center and pointing the other two on the outside facing in.  I added two rows of borders and finished it off with a red binding. 

Needless to say my mom loved it and currently displays it proudly on the dining room table.  It will make it to the camper in the Spring when the racing begins!


The table runner top.  I'll take a photo of the finish product next time I visit.

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