Quilted tablerunner or wall quilt with snowflake embroidery

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WInter-themed Tablerunner or Wall Quilt with Snowflake Embroidery

Designs from the Snowflake Set.
The finished size of the tablerunner is about 14" x 36".

Finished quilted tablerunner with snowflake embroidery on a table.

You will need :

embroidery threads either polyester or rayon,
about 1/2 yard of solid royal blue fabric for the central part of the blocks
about 1/4 yard or fat quarter of white fabric,
about 1/2 yard of blue patterned fabric (we used it for the blocks and binding),
light-weight cut-away embroidery stabilizer,
fabric for the backing,
batting,
quilter's ruler,
rotary cutter,
iron,
#12 universal needle,
#12-#14 quilting needle

Finished quilted wall hanging on a wall.

Cutting:

Out of the solid royal blue fabric, cut 3 squares each measuring 8 1/2" x 8 1/2".
Out of whitel fabric, cut 20 strips measuring 1 1/2" x 8 1/2", 4 strips measuring 1 1/2" x 12 1/2".
Out of patterned blue fabric, cut 5 strips measuring 1 1/2" x 12 1/2" .
Use the remaining patterned blue fabric for the binding.

Assembly:

Note: seam allowance is 1/4", press the seam immediately after you make it.

Sew 2 white and 1 blue 1 1/2" x 8 1/2" strips along the long edges in each in the following order:
white - blue - white. You will get 10 white-and-blue strips.

Sew 6 of them to the left and right edges of the blue squares.

Sew the 2 white and 1 blue 1 1/2" x 12 1/2" strips along the long edges in the folloring order: white - blue - white.
Suncut this strip into 8 white-blue strips each 1 1/2" wide.

Sew 2 blue and 1 white 1 1/2" x 12 1/2" strips along the long edges in the folloring order: blue - white - blue. Suncut this strip into 8 blue-white strips each 1 1/2" wide.
Repeat with the remaining 2 blue and 1 1 1/2" x 12 1/2" strips.
You will have 16 blue-white strips.

Sew 1 white-blue and 2 blue-white strips into a square: blue-white - white-blue - blue-white.
Repeat with all strips to get 8 squares.

Sew the squares to the ends of the white-blue strips.

Sew the strips to the upper and bottom edges of 2 squares.

Sew the remaining square between these 2 squares.

Embroidery:

Mark the centers of the blue squares.
Stabilize the squares. Hoop the fabric tightly and embroider the designs in the centers of the blue sqaures.

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.
We quilted in a free-motion style all over the quilt.
Press with heavy steam. Square the quilt. Finish the raw edges with the binding.