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Stephanie at Hightower Stitching provides a tutorial for making 8" colorful blocks from a vintage quilt made from 1 1/2" light and dark fabric strips. The center square is 2 1/2". Four blocks are sewn together for a table runner. Appropriate for the sewing machine or hand stitching.

Time Codes:
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Quilt magazine
01:17 Dimensions of strips
03:28 Strip layout
05:11Two sample table runners
08:40 Today's project runner
11:00 Sewing a block
21:53 Sewing blocks together

Source:
McCall's Quilting July/Aug. Sept./Oct. 2024 p. 78
Back issues:
Quiltingdaily.com/go/McCalls-issues

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Blocks:
1- A 2 1/2" square
2- *B/B 1 1/2 x 2 1/2"
4 - *C, *C/ C,C 1 1/2 x 4 1/2"
4 - *D, *D/ D,D 1 1/2 x 6 1/2"
2 - E, E 1 1/2 x 8 1/2"
Light fabric