#maple leaf block

Modern Maple Leaf Table Runner: For this month’s Riley Blake Not So Basic project, we were challenged to use Riley Blake Designs “Shades” fabrics and a modern take on a maple leaf block to create a table runner.

I have made many maple leaf blocks and (many!) maple leaf quilts from when we sent charity quilts to Fort McMurray (and even have this tutorial)! So, I wanted to try something a little different than I’d done before. 

I made two maple leaf blocks and a bunch of half-square triangles. I played around with the layouts until I found something I liked, then adding the blue and grey to square it off. I quilted with straight lines and did faced binding (so the binding doesn’t show on the front) to keep things simple and modern. It ended out at about 16 x 30″ finished.

We have already been using it on our table! It’s been a nice bit of colour and patchwork in our dining room. Thanks so much to Riley Blake Designs andChristopher@the_tattooed_quilter (IG) for the challenge!