Red and White Tablerunner

I began this quilt at Quilt Camp in the fall of 2010. I had a lot of back pain at the time - this was before we knew a vertebrae had broken off and moved, taking all of the nerves in the spinal column with it. There are many small pieces and it wasn't going well so I finally put it away. When I was cleaning a while ago, I found it. I thought about using it as a FMQ practice sandwich but Ray really liked it. He suggested that I just finish it as a table runner instead of a larger quilt. So I did. I didn't tear anything out - I think all quilts tell stories and this one is no different.

This finished at 58" by 18" and I used Dream Cotton batting. I free-motion quilted this with 50-wt white Aurifil thread. There are flowers in the open white spaces and wishbones or lazy eights over the rest.

And then I washed it with a Color Catcher...

One of the problems with using scraps that I've collected over many years from many places is that you never know which fabric bleeds. I was concerned about the different reds back in 2010 but for some reason, I believed it would be okay. I've got a couple tricks up my sleeve - we'll see what happens.

=====

All of the quilts that I began or worked on at the March retreat are now done. I'm considering the table runner done. However, every time I get caught up I've already started more!

All of the 2 1/2" squares are sorted and stored by color. As I was sorting, I pulled squares for a few different quilts.

I made a couple HSTs and thought I liked the combination so I made 48 blocks and came up with this

or this. Since I'm not crazy about either, the blocks will just sit for a while until I get another inspiration.

I made a yellow and gray quilt in 2014 and found the leftover pieces when I was cleaning out the scrap drawers. I added a little gray and put together this jelly roll race quilt.