quilting

Sew Not A Square

March 3, 2023

Sew Not a Square is this week’s theme for Project Quilting 14.4. I had so much fun with this challenge – even Wilbs joined in on the fun, making sure he was so not a square – haha! 

I enjoy Project Quilting challenges because it allows me to play and try something new. Sew Not a Square – well, I immediately thought curves, but I wanted to do a different spin on my usual improv curves. I did a quick sketch of an idea, then got to work. It took me awhile to settle on fabrics, but I chose a yellow ombre, solid orange, and Grunge Ocean. 

Here’s a quick description of what I did. I cut rectangles from the orange and yellow, layered them, and then cut improv curves. Sewing the curved yellow pieces to the rectangle orange pieces, I squared them up, then layered them with white, cut another improv curve, and sewed the white curved piece to the orange/yellow piece. Once I had six of them done, I squared them all up, and sewed three rectangles together by their short ends to make a strip, making two strips. Then I cut two 1-1/2″ strips from the Grunge Ocean, sewed those two strips together into a long strip, and sewed that strip down the center of the orange/yellow/white strips. Here’s the result. 

A quilt runner that has three oval shapes in yellow and orange, with a teal strip down the middle - piecefulthoughts.com

I did some quick straight line quilting, spacing the stitching about a half inch apart, using 50 wt. Aurifil thread in yellow. For the backing, I happened to have a remnant of a pieced backing from another quilt. It was the perfect size, and now it’s in a quilt and not being moved from one place to another in my quilt room! 

You will see this backing again soon – isn’t that pin fabric fun? For the binding, I made a long strip of continuous bias binding at 2-1/4″ wide. Those little notched areas were a bit tricky, but they worked well enough. I breathed a sigh of relief when it was done and it looked okay! 

The finished runner measures 12″ x 46″ and fits perfectly on my bedroom dresser. 

Scalloped improv table runner in yellow, orange and teal on a dresser with a plant - piecefulthoughts.com
White and gray fabrics on the back of a quilt runner - piecefulthoughts.com

I enjoyed making my so not a square runner for the Sew Not a Square challenge. Thanks Trish and Kim for another fun challenge! 

Wendy

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