The Bipartisan Committee Table Runner
This is a faux braid that makes a great border – and an even better tablerunner! I call mine Bipartisan Committee for reasons you will see in a moment.
To make it, I started with four strips 2-1/2″ wide by the Width of Fabric (WOF.) I sewed them together pressed them all in one direction and measured them. As expected, they measured 8-1/2″ wide. I cut the strip into four squares 8-1/2″ x 8-1/2″.
Then I cut them in two different directions. I called one group of squares “the Republicans” and the other group “the Democrats”.
I made a row of Democrats….
Then I filled in the blanks with Republicans.
I centered a Republican on top of a Democrat (Oh! the horror!) and sewed. There were huge dog ears, but I didn’t cut them off.
Because I knew they would disappear when I added the next triangle.
I kept adding triangles until I ran out of triangles.
So I made another row, then sewed the two rows together…
(The picture below was done in class.)
Quilted it…
Bound it (closeup of the corners shown)…
And here it is!
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Thank you! I am going to try this table runner!
Thank you for this runner pattern, on my list now to start in March. LOVE it.
I love it and your colors are incredible! I want to play now!
What a fun idea an very sweet table runner! Thank you!
Love your table runner! such a great idea! Thanks for sharing!
You really crack me up! A great project, beautiful runner and politically smart tutorial!! I love this project…thanks for the awesome posting!
Finally! Democrats and Republicans, working together for something good, LOL. Thanks for sharing your project.
Great table runner! I love cutting up blocks to make new designs. It’s so fun to see the different patterns. Thank you for the pattern.
Your sense of humor cracks me up! Thanks for sharing this.
Love the runner Kris. Thank you for the great tutorial (and the giggle 😉).
Very nice runner. Thank you for the pattern as well.
Well this was quite a laugh this morning…a Republican and Democrat table runner. Too funny! But, there’s nothing funny about how pretty this is. Love it!
What a fun read and a great interpretation of the challenge. Great runner!!
I love the table runner pattern. Your color choices are perfect
Neat table runner, and a great way to use leftover JR strips!
LOL! Thanks for the tutorial for the left/right leaning table runner.
Beautiful runner! Now I am feeling like I need a new spring runner for my table.