Hi all,
I am hoping to make my oldest daughter a table runner for her birthday. I have a couple charm packs that go together (not brights but darker blues, greens, burgandy, browns and golds) and I wondered if any of you could point me to a free pattern to use some up. I have done the twister one and I could do that I guess. I take longer to figure out what pattern to use than I take to make the project. Not to hard of pattern please. Anyway, if anyone has an awesome pattern to share with me I would be most grateful. Hope you all had a great 4th of July and God Bless America1

how about a few of yur favorite blocks, or d9p, or log cabin???? google or bing table runners. i making one now from chicken scratch it should take me about 100 to 200 hrs to complete

The Moda site has lots of projects for charm packs.

Thanks, I do have lots of blocks I could pick out but I just wondered if someone had a pattern they loved. I did google table runner free patterns but was not too happy with the results. I hope you are talking about a large quilt and not a table runner taking 100 to 200 hours. :o) What is chicken scratch?

Thanks, I will check Moda out!

If you can sort your charm pack by color families, this one will work. I sorted the charms by color, cut the them in half, lined them up and sewed them end to end, moving down the stacks as I started each vertical row (column one started at the first stack, column two started with the second stack, etc). When I sewed the sides together, I shifted each one a half unit. I had an odd number of strips, so when I reached the center, I shifted directions. If your number is even, then just keep going for a diagonal effect. Sounds harder than it is.

If you can sort your charm pack by color families, this one will work. I sorted the charms by color, cut the them in half, lined them up and sewed them end to end, moving down the stacks as I started each vertical row (column one started at the first stack, column two started with the second stack, etc). When I sewed the sides together, I shifted each one a half unit. I had an odd number of strips, so when I reached the center, I shifted directions. If your number is even, then just keep going for a diagonal effect. Sounds harder than it is. The hot pad was extra strips. The color isn't that pink. It's a very soft coral. The only change I would make is to make the ends a smaller angle - less pointed. You could even do it as a rectangle - no points.

A quick search gave me these:

Free pattern from Fat Quater shop - uses 66 charm squares ... http://www.fatquartershop.com/Free-Q...ll-Hanging.asp

Pattern not given, but real easy to do and/or adapt to a different size: Needs 40 charm squares as shown, plus accent fabric (strip, binding, backing) and ric-rac trim. http://scrappythreads.blogspot.com/2...le-runner.html

Again, pattern not given, but easy to duplicate and/or adjust. As shown uses 24 charm squares, border fabric (appears to be cut at 2 1/2"), binding/backing, and ric-rac. http://craftincami.blogspot.com/2011...le-runner.html

Another no-pattern, easy to adapt. Cut each square in half to make 2 1/2" x 5" bricks and seam together: http://roziesmumblings.blogspot.com/...rk-sewing.html