Hi, I’m Cherry Guidry of Cherry Blossoms. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner and all the pink, red, and sweets, I was inspired to create this easy table runner that would look great on a table, make a fantastic bed runner, or perhaps, use the appliquéd blocks individually to make a few quick pillows!
This runner is made with fusible appliqué, but the templates will work with your favorite appliqué technique.
Materials to Make a Valentine Table Runner
- Download the Be My Valentine Table Runner Template
- White fabric for backgrounds and appliqués: 1 yd (I used Color Weave White from Color Weave by Benartex)
- Dark pink fabric for appliqués and border: ½ yd (I used Beaded Circles Dark Pink from Sunday Ride by Benartex)
- Light pink fabric for appliqués: 1 fat quarter (I used Beaded Circles Light Pink from Sunday Ride by Benartex)
- Red fabric for appliqués and binding: ½ yd (I used Color Weave Rouge from Color Weave by Benartex)
- Backing fabric: 1½ yd for pieced or 2 yds for a one-piece backing
- Batting: 20″ x 70″
- Paper-backed fusible: 2 yds of 17″ wide
- Thread: white, light pink, dark pink
- Sewing machine (I use a B 880)
- Open embroidery foot #20/#20C/#20D
- BERNINA Stitch Regulator (BSR)
- BERNINA Adjustable Ruler foot #72
How to Make the Be My Valentine Table Runner
Step 1 – Cut the fabric
White:
- (3) 2 ½” x WOF (width of fabric) strip subcut into (19) 2 ½” x 4 ½” – pieced border rectangles
- (2) 12 ½” x WOF (width of fabric) strips subcut into (5) 12 ½” x 12 ½” – background squares
Dark pink:
- (3) 2 ½” x WOF strip subcut into (19) 2 ½” x 4 ½” – pieced border rectangles
Red:
- (5) 2 ¼” x WOF binding strips
Step 2 – Prepare the appliqué shapes
Using the Be My Valentine templates, trace the appliqué shapes onto the paper side of the fusible; I like to use a fine tip marker and allow approximately ½” between the traced shapes. Label each traced shape with its number and fabric color.
Cut the templates apart about ¼” away from the traced line and with fusible side down, fuse onto the wrong side of its corresponding fabric:
Heart #1: (2) dark pink, (2) light pink, (1) red
Heart #2: (2) dark pink, (3) white
Heart #3: (1) dark pink, (2) light pink
Cut the fused pieces on the traced line.
Fuse the shapes onto the center of the (5) 12 ½” x 12 ½” white background squares following the diagram below:
Step 3 – Stitch around each of the fused shapes
I sewed this project on a BERNINA 880 using the blanket stitch #1320 with a thread that matched each of the shapes and my favorite BERNINA Open embroidery foot #20D.
Step 4 – Sew the pieced-border
Make (2) side border units by alternating (2) dark pink and (2) white 2 ½” x 4 ½” pieced border rectangles. With the remaining dark pink and white 2 ½” x 4 ½” pieced border rectangles, sew (5) white/pink/white units and (5) pink/white/pink units.
Sew the units onto top and bottom edges of the appliqued blocks as follows:
Step 5 – Assemble the runner
Sew the blocks and side borders into a row:
Step 6 – Finishing
One of my favorite things in any project is the quilting phase and absolute love the new BERNINA Adjustable Ruler foot #72 that allows the use of longarm rulers on the BERNINA domestic machines; I also used the BERNINA Stitch Regulator (BSR) for a bit of evenly spaced free-motion quilting.
Layer the backing, batting, and quilt top, and quilt as desired. Bind with the (5) 2 ¼” red binding strips. Here is a helpful tutorial on how to bind a quilt using double fold binding.
Laying the blocks vertically would also make a great wall hanging!
I hope you have a sweet Valentine’s Day!
This is beautiful! I could see the hearts arranged vertically, too, to be made into a wall hanging. Hopefully, I’ll get one made for next year…thanks!
Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy making it… would love to see pictures!
This is so perfect for my couch table! I was cleaning yesterday, noticed how I was needing a new spring colored runner, so perfect! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks! It’s a quick project and would love fabulous on a couch table… I hope you’ll share pictures of your finished runner!
oops… would look… 🙂
This is beautiful. Just a suggestion and don’t want to sound ungrateful, It would be nice to have it sooner to have it done before Valentine’s Day.
Thanks so much Pam!
excited to make this and may make placemats to match too
What are the finished dimensions,pls.
Made a smaller version of this, only laid them out in two rows so it’s a big square, not a long rectangle. Now it’s hanging on my front door to greet everyone when they come in! What a great, festive project! Fast, fun, beautiful and did I mention, easy? Perfect for someone new to sewing/quilting. Thank you for sharing this pattern!
Hi, I have started to make this, and it occurred to me that no seam allowance is given. Is 1/4″ assumed? Thanks! I’m making 3 hearts as a wall hanging!
I finally completed this over the long President’s Day weekend. I know, too late for Valentine’s Day this year. Made it into a vertical wall hanging and just love it! I added some very cute “Roly-Poly Birds” machine embroidery to add some drama and humor. And then spent forever, because I’m simply not very good at free-motion embroidery, doing pebbles over all the background color to make sure my hearts and embroidered birds would really pop. End result? Absolutely darling! So glad I saw this post as it was just fun all around! 🙂 Wish I could share a photo here of my final result.
Thank you! Finished mine just in time for Valentine’s 2020!
It is beautiful, can’t wait to start one. Thank you!!