Easy 45 Degree Strip Tube Table Runner Tutorial
This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share a commission.Recently I shared the way I made my 45-degree strip tube blocks and now I want to show you the table runner I made with the beautiful batik quilt blocks!
45-degree Strip Tube Table Runner
11″ x 34″
Use one quilt block design
I decided to lay out all of my tube blocks the same way with the small light batiks matching in the center. Remember when I showed two different ways of laying out the blocks?
This table runner could be made over and over again just by varying the way you laid out the blocks.
Fabrics used:
Light batik
4 – 2½” by width of fabric strips
Teal batik
4 – 2½” the width of fabric strips for the blocks
3 – 2½” the width of fabric strips for the binding
Background Fabric
Batik of your choice – 14″ x 36″
How to make the blocks
The table runner is made by sewing the quilt fabric strips into a tube as I showed you in my 45 degree angle quilt block post.
If you like videos, then be sure and watch this one as Jenny Doan from Missouri Star Quilt Company shows how to make them.
Here is her video that will make it easier for you to see how to cut your blocks.
If you have never visited her website Missouri Star Quilt Co. you’ll want to take a look. Every day there is a Daily Deal and she shares all kinds of quilt videos.
Three blocks
I ended up with 4 large blocks that measured approximately 11½” inches but decided to only use 3 of them. We have a small square kitchen table that it will look great on. Also if we use it on our deck table or a bench, the size is perfect.
Simple quilting
I did a simple meandering free-motion stitching using a teal Aurifil thread that matched perfectly. I did smaller loops and squiggles on the teal batik and larger ones on the light batik.
Of course, I used my vintage 15-91 Singer sewing machine to do all the piecing and quilting.
Binding
The binding was made with 3 – 2½” strips of the teal batik fabric. I have an easy machine binding tutorial that will show you how I added my binding.
Placemats added
Don’t laugh, I know the placemats don’t match and please ignore the dog food in the back corner. I just wanted to show you how we will use the table runner at dinner time. Those are my Churn Dash placemats made from my tutorial. I might have enough fabric to make 2 matching placemats for us.
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I hope you have enjoyed this Easy 45 Degree Strip Tube Table Runner tutorial!
You’ll also find all kinds of tutorials for making strip tube blocks, Allison from Cluck Cluck Sew has a great post called Diagonal Strip Quilt tutorial with a chart showing how many fabric strips and blocks to make for various size quilts.
Hello from Alaska
I am writing to let you know how I appreciate that you are honest and choose to share on your site mistakes that you have made. I admire you for doing this as most “pros” do not. Thanks
Thanks Carol, no matter how long a person has quilted…..mistakes happen…..with me……LOL….it happens more than most.
I love all of this. How do you keep the points when you are binding it? Looking at the blocks you made for this project the points go right to the edge ? I like to make the larger blocks for table toppers.
Rhonda
Hi Rhonda, just be careful adding your binding and sew just a hair away from the points. I don’t always have it perfect.
Connie, I so look forward to all of your Postings. Your most recent Batik Placemats and Table Runner are absolutely beautiful. Your placement to fabrics used us very educational.
Thank you for the inspiration….
Maurya in California
Hi Connie, love the table runner and placemats! The batik fabrics are beautiful and do complement each other! Hope you and Builder Bob are doing OK and the remodeling is going well!
How beautiful your table runner and placemats are in Island Batik fabrics. I am so happy for you to be able to find time to sew in your temporary space. Rain Rain Go Away…enough already!
So summer and beachy! 🙂 Hope all is going well.
Lovely table runner. The colors are great. Thanks for sharing your pattern and tutorial
Great technique with beautiful results!
Beautiful table runner. I love batiks and I also LOVE table runners. Your posts are great. I am new to your posts but li am a fan already. God bless.
I’m so glad you are enjoying my posts!
Oooo….There’s our little Pelly!! Love hime and your table runner! Love the colors and the pattern!!
Just adorable! How many runners do you have in your stash? I need to stick up!
Just lovely, Connie. I wonder whatever became of Pelly.
Me too Pat, I like to think that he is still in the St. Louis zoo safe.
Connie,
Beautiful table runner and I like it with the placemats. The colors are close enough that they complement each other. You are certainly an inspiration.
Take care.
Love, hugs and prayers coming your way.
Candi
Hello Connie, Oh this is a beautiful table runner you have created! The fabrics you chose are such a lovely combination together and with the pattern you chose it is an all around perfect win! Thank you for sharing this strip piecing method and all of the links also. I hope you continue to have a marvelous time creating in between everything else that you and Builder Bob have going on. Have a fantastic day!