quilting

Blue Burst Tablerunner

My Blue Burst Tablerunner is another of my languishing UFOs. I’m happy to show it to you today as a finished quilt.

Blue Burst Tablerunner - One more UFO to check off my list, a tablerunner kit that I've had for years - piecefulthoughts.com

This tablerunner was a kit I purchased many years ago. For those of you who have been following my blog for awhile or know me personally, you will know that this tablerunner is definitely not in my usual colors. I have no recollection of why I bought this kit, other than that it just caught my eye.

The kit was purchased from Gathering Friends Quilt Shop in Bird Island, Minnesota. I believe the pattern is one that they designed. I have no information on the fabric in the kit, except that it’s old enough that it likely is no longer available.

Blue Burst Tablerunner - A full view of this pretty kit that I purchased years ago at Gathering Friends Quilt Shop in Bird Island, Minnesota - piecefulthoughts.com

The pattern went together well. Once I had the top done, it languished again in my UFO stack until now. So I got to work with the quilting. I had planned to keep it pretty simple, but as I went along I added more to it than I had planned. It was an enjoyable process.

I did a simple design in the blue starburst designs, just sewing an arc from corner to corner. Hopefully you can see the design in this photo.

Blue Burst Tablerunner - Quilting Detail on the blue starburst - piecefulthoughts.com

I used Aurifil blue #2720 to quilt the blue starbursts. Once the starbursts were done, I used Aurifil yellow #2130 to quilt the yellow rays. I initially intended to do three simple rays, but then I just thought it needed more.

Blue Burst Tablerunner - Close up of quilting design - piecefulthoughts.com

Here’s another photo of the quilt draped over a chair with the sunlight highlighting the quilting.

Blue Burst Tablerunner - Quilt draped over a chair with natural light highlighting the quilting - piecefulthoughts.com

For the inner green border, I quilted around the edges with Aurifil green #2840.

Then, using Aurifil pink #2423 I quilted my favorite wavy lines in the outer borders, to add a little softness after the dramatic straight lines.

Blue Burst Tablerunner - Outer border quilting detail - piecefulthoughts.com

The kit included the backing fabric, which is a pretty little floral print.

Blue Burst Tablerunner - A peek at the backing fabric, a pretty little floral - piecefulthoughts.com

Of course, I couldn’t finish without taking a few glam shots. The first one is the full runner on my kitchen counter.

Blue Burst Tablerunner - The finished runner gracing my kitchen counter - piecefulthoughts.com

Then a close up of the candle centered in one of the bursts. I like the way the rays just seem to shoot out from the blue burst.

Blue Burst Tablerunner - Last glam shot, close up of starburst with candle in the center - piecefulthoughts.com

And that’s one more UFO to cross off my list! Yippee!

What’s making you happy dance today?

Linking up today with

Wendy

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