January 2021 - TABLE SCRAPS Runner/Topper Challenge - Link Party!!!

Welcome to the 2021 TABLE SCRAPS Runner/Topper Challenge!!  Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to enter your table runner/topper, mug rug, etc. in the Link Party (by Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 11:59 PM.

Image from DESIGNECOLOGIST on Unsplash

No blog?  No problem, you will be able to have your scrappy table runners/toppers hosted here on The Joyful Quilter.  Just pop me an email with your name/state and a photo of your completed project and I will add it to a follow-up post.

From our participants...

Kat @ Scrapbox Quilts provided the following link:

By scrolling tutorials by Claudia @ Create With Claudia a selection of table runners can be found.  (These two caught my eye: Jelly Roll Bed Runner and Rick Rack Christmas Table Runner, along with her Easy Quilted Table Runner - because sometimes you need a quick project and these appear to qualify!)

Got favorites???

Email me , if you have a "go to" runner or topper pattern.  I'll add it to a future post.  Thanks!

Where's the table dressing, Joyful???

I'm getting to that.  Since it was PINK month at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, I pulled out this Quilted Scrap Basket:

You can find the tutorial HERE.

SEW...

What happened next was some sorting...

... Some pressing...

... And some trimming:

All of that took place during a (Virtual) Retreat Day, and was followed by making some changes to this design:

Later, I gathered the strips, squared up the batting a bit and cut the backing to size:

With the glue from my recent prize basket, I tried glue basting:

Auditioning the thread provided a clear winner for use in the bobbin:

To border or not to border?  That was the question (after realizing the backing was shorter than I intended my runner to be.)  Once that was decided, options were assessed.  Beginning with this combination...

... Working my way through a selection of greens:

After those tasks were completed, I was ready to get organized...

This took place on my design floor, where all of the strips were laid out on the batting.  Some adjustments were made during the process:

The center strip was pinned in place and the rest were gathered into a LEFT of center stack and a RIGHT of center stack:

Stitching (finally) commenced.  Pressing after each strip:

I sewed one side...

... Then the other:

The winning back borders were added after the majority of strips were sewn in place:

Binding came next and I made my selection from the following:

When Needle B stopped by for an LWR quilt swap, I brought out the options for her (valued) opinion:

I cut and pieced the binding earlier this week:

I'm pleased to share my first TABLE SCRAPS Challenge piece...

The top half:

The bottom half, as displayed for my ZoomBEE meeting:

A look at the binding with the backing before it was sewn down:

And...

Gracing my table:

The longarm table, that is:

I very nearly forgot to add the full shots!! I meant to get photos of it out in the snow this morning, but it was too cold outside.  Whoops!!

Please accept some quilty love...

Thank you to the following quilters, who came alongside me in this challenge.  Whether you participated with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge Color of the Month or not, I'm SEW glad that you are sharing this journey with me.

A shout out to:

Deb @ Happy to be Scrappy

LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color

Judy @ Busy Hands are Happy Hands

Gail @ Quilting Gail

Maggie @ Making a Lather

Diann @ Little Penguin Quilts

Libby @ Life on the Hill

Frederique @ Quilting Patchwork & Applique

Kat @ Scrapbox Quilts

Gayle @ Mangofeet

Alycia @ Alycia Quilts

Brenda @ Songbird Designs

Beth @ Applique And...

Cathy @ Crazy By Design

P. @ The Way I Sew It

Janis @ Canyon Rim Quilting

Carol @ Quilt Schmilt

Cathy @ Sane, Crazy, Crumby Quilting

Kathy @ Hazel's Daughter

Julie @ Me and My Quilts - Exploring the Possibilities

Kathy @ Kathy's Quilts

Marly @ Marly's Quilts

Susie @ Knitty Quilter

Bonnie @ In Stitches with Bonnie

Colleen @ Colleen's Quilting Journey

Nann @ With Strings Attached

Kirsten @ Quilting Corgis

Ivani @ Arte em Casa

Selina @ Selina Quilts

Jo @ ButterZ

June @ Basket Full of Scraps

KatieQ @ Katie's Salt Marsh Path

Susan @ Farm Quilter

Joansy @ Grammy Gives It a Go

Rosa @ String Thing Along

Sherrie @ Food for Thought

Sue K

britt_quilts

masquilts

Carol

Bettythequilter

Jeanne

Miss Pat

SusieQ

Jane in Australia

Your interest in this challenge led me to researching a better way to share participating projects.  There was no way that I could manage it if all interested parties completed a project.

SEW...

Here (let's hope this works!) is my VERY FIRST Link Party:

Did it work?! I certainly hope so!!! In the event the code doesn't work, please accept my apologies.

What do we do now, Joyful???

Let's go low tech, if the party doesn't work. Please leave the link to your participating post in the comments below (and we can try this again next month for the February 2021 TABLE SCRAPS Challenge.)  No blog?  No problem!  Send an email with your project photo and story to be added to the Link Party.

Edited to add...

Yay!!!  The Link Party worked.  :o))

Here, for your viewing pleasure (in case you live in someplace that doesn't get snow) are my table runner SNOW photos:

As you can see, most of yesterday's snow has already melted, but I couldn't let the opportunity for photos pass.

I'm SEW excited about hosting my VERY FIRST Link Party that I'm linking-up at ALL of my favorite bloggers:

Sharing with Kelly

for

Needle and Thread Thursday

along with

Alycia

for

Finished (Or Not) Friday

and

Whooping it up with Sarah

at

Confessions of a Fabric Addict

and let's not forget

Cynthia

for

Oh Scrap! (on Sunday)

I thought I was done with all the linking, but Sarah reminded me that she wanted us to...

Show Me Something That's a Challenge

@

Sarah Goer Quilts

Reminder...

The February 2021 Table Scraps Link Party will be open from Friday, February 26th @ 12:01 AM - Sunday, February 28th @ 11:59 AM, for your linking convenience.  The Color of the Month, if you want to quilt along with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, is YELLOW.

Until next time...

It's a Cover Up!!!