Bonus Christmas Runner

Lately there have been a lot of posts about the year end dash to use the fabric stash. I've been thinking of ways to use some of the abondoned blocks and projects, in order to clean up my stash closet, and clear the decks for next year.

For the past few Christmases, I've kicked myself for not making a runner for my sewing machine cabinet. My cabinet stays in my dining room during the holidays and doubles as a server. Same time, I've seen posts about machine quilting the binding to projects. I found several blocks that I decided to put together in a very simple layout - gives me a little runner for my cabinet, and the perfect opportunity to try machine stitching the binding.

These blocks were part of a class on perfecting flying geese - I still have several more blocks, some with larger geese. Marcia at the Happy Quilter taught a great class (at least 3 years ago!). While I have really put her tips to use since then, I am really happy these blocks ended up in something useful that I really like!