Top it Off with Island Batik

I’m a little late on this post – where has the time gone? One of these days I’ll learn time management skills. Probably tomorrow, or maybe Monday.

The Island Batik Ambassadors were tasked with making a table runner this month, preferably with an appliqué design. I’m not into runners, or table textiles in general, so like a mature adult, I whined for a few weeks before doing mine.

I picked up an AccuQuilt Fall Medley die at a local store for a great price, and we were off to the races. I made this cute little runner, and I might give it away to a family member who loves table top textiles the opposite amount from me. If something in her house holds still – bam! – doily, runner, tablecloth, placemat, and sometimes, multiples and/or layers.

These are the fabrics I chose to make my masterpiece. I started with this gorgeous green, called Forest Floor. Then, inspired by the beautiful landscape in New Jersey, I chose colors for the leaves based on my neighborhood trees.

This project was super easy. I cut out a piece of fabric 44″ x 12″. I rough cut some fusible interfacing larger than the die cuts I needed, fused it onto my leaf, pumpkin and acorn pieces, and cut it out. I fused them down, then quilted the whole piece. I would have finished it two weeks ago, but I’ve had some custom quilting projects that I was rushing to finish up.

I meandered the background, outlined the appliqués, and added some interest within each patch. The leaves got veins, the pumpkins got dimples, and the acorns had a little zigzag in the caps.

I finished it all off with a brown binding. I think it looks great on my table, but will look even better at Thanksgiving on someone else’s.

Thanks so much to Island Batik for providing the fabrics for this project. I finished it using Warm & Natural batting, and Fantastico thread from Superior Threads.