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Last fall a recently widowed lady at church asked me if we would make some bed runners for her children and grandchildren out of her husband’s shirts. I told her that we didn’t have time to get our own projects done and that I didn’t think we wanted to add another project to our plate. She asked what would be involved and then asked again several times for us to do them. In a moment of weakness I said yes. Lesson learned! The answer is always NO!

I told her that they needed to be dress style cotton shirts. The next week she brought me a bag full of knit polo-type shirts. I told her that we had things in line that needed to be finished and I would have to put her in line. She must think I have forgotten her by now, but I just finished binding the last one at a few minutes before midnight. I will be so glad to get these to her tomorrow! I have not enjoyed this project at all. Everything had to be stabilized, which made it bulky, tension on DSM and quilter had to be adjusted, ran out of fabric for the alternate blocks and had to piece some of them, and on and on.

I hope the kids love these. I would hate to think I labored through all this just so they could put it in the dog bed or stuff it in a closet.

It’s too late now, but what do you consider bed runner size? I thought it should have some overhang on the sides so I made the queen size ones 84 by 24 and the kings 96 by 24.

Thanks for looking.