Four Seasons Quilted Tablerunner - Advanced Embroidery Designs

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Four Seasons Quilted Tablerunner

For this tablerunner, we used designs from the Colors of the Seasons Set .
The finished size of the quilt is about 14" x 67".

You will need :

embroidery threads either according to the color cards, or of your choice,
light-weight cut-away stabilizer,
about 1 yard of light color for the embroidery and background (white, pale cream, or linen),
scraps of pale blue, bright pink, light green, dark green, golden yellow, brown and bright blue (of each of these fabrics you'll need 2 strips measuring 1" x 8" and 2 strips measuring 1" x 9"),
fabric for the backing and binding,
batting,
#12 universal sewing and quilting needles,
quilting threads of matching colors,
rotary cutter,
quilter's ruler,
iron.

Embroidery:

We did the embroidery first. Upload the files from the Colors of the Seasons Set into the machine. Prepare the fabric, stabilize it with light-weight cut-away stabilizer.

We made 7 stitch-outs, embroidering the winter design twice. The first stitch-out was lighter blue and the second, darker blue.

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All other designs were embroidered one time each.

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Press the stitch-outs, cut away the excess stabilizer. Trim the stitch-outs to 8" x 8" blocks.

Cutting:

Out of 7 colored fabrics each, cut

2 strips measuring 1" x 8" and
2 strips measuring 1" x 9".

Out of fabric for the background, cut

2 strips measuring 3" x 60 1/2" (most probably you'll need to cut more strips and sew 2 strips to get ones 63" long) and
2 strips measuring 3" x 15".

Assembly of the Top:

Note: Seam allowance is 1/4", press a seam immediately after you made it.

Sort the colored strips accordingly:

light blue for the first (light blue) winter block,
pink for the spring block,
light green for the early summer block,
dark green for the late summer block,
golden yellow for early autumn,
dark brown for late autumn,
dark blue for the second winter block.

Sew the 1" x 8" strips to the upper and lower edges of each block.
Sew the 1" x 9" to the left and right edges of each block.

Now sew the blocks together in a row. Please note that you can arrange the stitch-outs horizontally (as on our tablerunner), or vertically (to get a tall narrow quilt). This depends on how you're going to use the quilt.

Sew the long 3" x 60 1/2" strips to the long edges of the working piece.
Sew the short 3" x 15" strips to the short edges of the working piece.

Quilting and Finishing:

Now place the backing on a flat surface (table) face down. Cover with batting. Spread your working piece over it.

Pin all layers together with 1" pins and start quilting. We quilted in a free motion style.

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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.