| This blue and white quilted tablerunner sets a fresh, joyful Spring
mood. It's a great centerpiece for your living room or dining room table.
It features the designs from the Periwinkle
Linen Set in the cross stitch technique. |
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The finished size of the quilt is about 19" x 32".
For the central part, you will need a strip of light blue fabric measuring
8 1/2" x 21 1/2". For the borders with embroidery and binding, you will
need about 1 yard of white fabric. You will also need backing and batting,
each measuring about 21" x 34". |
Out of white fabric cut 10 squares measuring 12" x 12".
Unlike most of our other quilts, we made the embroidery first, then
cut out and assembled the pieces. |
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Embroidery
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Stabilize each white square with iron-on cut-away stabilizer.
Embroider 6 squares with the long, narrow motif, and embroider 4 squares
with the corner motif from the Periwinkle
Linen Set . Embroider the corner motif 2 times as it is and 2 times
as its mirror image. |
| Trim the embroidered squares to get pieces 8 1/2" long and 6" wide.
The embroidery should not be centered, as you can see from the picture.
Leave about a 1" margin on one side of the embroidery and about 2 1/2"
on the other. |
| After you cut out all the pieces, cut away the excess stabilizer. |
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Assembly
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| Sew 2 strips embroidered with the long motif to the short sides of
the central blue rectangle. |
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| Assemble the long borders out of the strips with the corner motifs
and the long motifs. |
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| Sew the new strips to the long edges of the working piece. |
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Quilting and Finishing:
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| Now place the backing on a flat surface (table) face down. Cover with
batting. Spread your working piece over it.
Pin all three layers together with 1" pins and start quilting. Quilt
the blue center first, then quilt the embroidered borders. We quilted along
the lines of the embroidery and made stippling all over the borders.
After the quilting is finished, press the work with heavy steam and
square the work -- all corners should be 90 degrees and opposite sides
should be of the same length.
Finish the raw edges with the binding. |
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| We further decorated the quilts with 3D flowers. We found the instructions
for these in the web log of Laura Ingalls Wilder (http://sewritzytitzy.blogspot.com/2008/11/from-annas-gardenfabric-flower-tutorial.html)
They are very helpful. |
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The quilt is ready. Enjoy!
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Happy Stitching!
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