Saturday, January 24, 2026

Bonus Projects for the Valentine 26 Mystery

 

Bonus Valentine 26 Mystery

Table Topper, Table Runner, Mug Rug

 

If you missed the reveal of the Valentine 26 Mystery, go back and look at Clue 5. Be sure to download all of the PDF’s as this pattern will be taken down and go into my Etsy Shop for sale after February 14th, 2026.

In this Pattern Bonus, you can make a simple Mug Rug, a simple Table Topper and a simple Table Runner.

Table Runner:

This pattern can be adjusted to fit the length of your table by simply adding or subtracting Hearts and lengthening or shortening strip piece to work with the length you need.

You will need 3 of the completed heart blocks. For this example, I have mixed them up, using a block from clue 1, 2 and 3 and the completion in clue 4.

You will need:

2 strips of your background fabric that measure 2.25” x WOF.

1 strip of your accent fabric that measures 2.25” x WOF.

2 strips of your accent fabric that measure 3.5” x WOF

2 strips of your accent fabric that measure 3.5” x 12”

3 completed heart blocks

Using a ¼” seam allowance, stitch together a strip set using your 2 background strips and 1 accent strip. It should look like the photo below.


Sub cut this strip set into the following sizes:

2 that measure 2.5” and 2 that measure 6.75”

Layout your strip set cuts and your heart blocks as shown in the finished photo below.

Stitch one of the 2.5” strip set pieces to the top of one of your heart blocks, then stitch one of the 6.75” strip set pieces to the bottom of that heart, continue by attaching another heart, another 6.75” strip set, another heart and the final 2.5” strip set.

Using your 3.5 x WOF strips, Stitch one strip down each side of your Table Runner and trim even with the top and bottom.

Using your 3.5” x 12” strips, stitch one strip to the top and one to the bottom to complete your table runner. Trim even with your sides.

( I have purposely given some flexibility here for new quilter/sewists)

For your backing - Cut a piece of fabric that measures 13.5” x WOF.

Cut a piece of thin batting (Hobbs 80/20 or similar) the same size as your backing.

With the wrong side of the fabric facing up, lay your batting on top and then lay your table runner on top of that creating a “quilt sandwich”. Pin in place carefully, smoothing and making sure that your table runner is in the middle so that there is excess batting and backing all around it. Quilt as desired. For a Newby, I would quilt by stitching in the ditch. You can watch my video tutorial for the mug rug by clicking here, and that will demonstrate how to stitch in the ditch. Add your binding and you are finished.

Mug Rug


You will need:

1 finished heart block

A scrap of batting measuring 6.5” square

A scrap of backing measuring 6.5” square

Place your backing fabric, wrong side up, lay your batting on top and then place your heart block on top of your batting centering it so you have a margin of batting and backing all the way around your block. Pin all in place. Stitch in the ditch or quilt as desired. A video showing you how to stitch in the ditch is linked here. Trim away excess batting and backing even with your heart block. Finish by binding.  For new quilters, I will link a video binding tutorial for a mug rug here.

Star Table Topper


To make the Star Table Topper you will need the following:

4 completed heart blocks each measuring 5.75” square

2 strips of an accent fabric measuring 1.5” x 5.75”

2 strips of your accent fabric measuring 1.5” x 6.6”

1 square of a different accent fabric measuring 1.5” x 1.5” square

2 squares of background fabric measuring 4.75” square

Watch the video Tutorial linked Here

When you have made your topper block, watch the video tutorial here for instructions to complete your project.


Please send me photos of your completed projects, I would love to see them and will post them on our social media for you. Thank you. I hope you enjoyed this mystery.

 

 

 

 

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