Comfort and JOY with Connie and her Christmas Tree Table Runner Tutorial

First off I want to thank Madame Samm for inviting me back again! I'm Connie from Quilting by the River and I hope you will stop by my blog where I have tutorials and lots of projects going on all the time. Now I want to share with you a fast Christmas runner that could still be made before the holidays.

The size is 10 x 36 and is made using 2 - 1/2 strips of fabric.

Here is the layout of each block, can you tell I am a visual person?

I used 3 different prints for each tree. You are going to make easy half square triangles by cutting your background fabric and tree fabric into 2 - 1/2 inch x 2 - 1/2 squares so let's get started.

• Cut 2 - 2 1/2 x 2 - l/2 blocks of each tree fabric and 8 - 2 - 1/2 x 2 - 1/2 background fabric
• Place the tree fabric right side up and the background fabric right side down on top of it
• Draw a line diagonally across, this will be your stitching line
• Stitch the seam
• Press the seam toward the tree print and trim off the 2 back pieces

Now that you have your half square triangles (HST's) we are going to add the rest of the pieces.

  I have marked the sizes on the photo so you can save this to your computer for easy reference. I used a 1/4 inch seam.

Here are the tree limbs ready to be sewn into a block.

 Completed block is 10 1/2 x 10 x 1/2

 Make 3 blocks, I switched the color order on the middle tree.

 Cut 2 background strips 2 1/2 x 10 1/2 and 4 - 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 squares from binding and sew the squares to the ends the same way you did the HST's. Then sew them together. You will need 2 sets of these.

Sew the sets to both sides of your center block.

Now sew the other trees to the center piece.

I used muslin for the backing and Warm & Natural batting. My binding was 2 - 1/2 inch strips.

I did a free-motion stipple quilting on the background.

The runner looks a little funny on my table but that is okay as this is going to my daughter and she has a long buffet in her dining room, I hope she likes it! I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and if you have any questions just let me know. I also have a Give-away  going on right now so come and visit! Thanks again Madame Samm for having me here!