A gorgeous and quick-to-sew Quilt to make is the ‘Rosealea Table Runner Quilt’.
And we have great news!!! Here is a Free Pattern below, just for you!
We do offer (Edit: did offer. Sold out now) our ‘Rosealea Table Runner Kit’ for all these lovely fabrics, which are from a 2016 Collection called ‘Rosealea’ by Fabric Designer & Artist, Nel Whatmore. Check out her amazing work.
If you have made Quilts before, you may already be ‘set up’ with quilting supplies. We suggest you use a Cutting Board, Ruler & Rotary Cutter for cutting your fabrics accurately. It is really important to have exact measurements, otherwise your quilt will not be accurate. Sewing this quilt with ¼” seams is important too, use a ¼” Foot and there is usually a guide on your sewing plate when sewing on your machine. We used a mid-grey coloured thread for joining our fabrics together.
Let’s get started…….
Fabric Requirements for your Table Runner (Quilt Size: 48cm x 96cm);
50cm of Big Black Print for Border & Sashings 
30cm of Tile Pattern Fabric for Binding 
10cm of Big Blue Print 
10cm of Big Pink Print 
10cm of Burgundy Rose 
10cm of Purple Rose 
10cm of Lime Rose 
10cm of Blue Daisy 
10cm of Pink Daisy 
1 metre of Plain Homespun for Backing
50cm x 1 metre piece of Batting
Cutting Requirements;
Cut 3 x 4″ strip WOF (Width Of Fabric) from Big Black Print, for the Border.
Cut 2 x 2″ strip WOF from Big Black Print, for Sashings.
Cut 1 x 2½” strip WOF from Big Blue Print, for Strata.
Cut 1 x 1½” strip WOF from Big Pink Print, for Strata.
Cut 1 x 2″ strip WOF from Burgundy Rose, for Strata.
Cut 1 x 1¾” strip WOF from Purple Rose, for Strata.
Cut 1 x 2¼” strip WOF from Lime Rose, for Strata.
Cut 1 x 1½” strip WOF from Blue Daisy, for Strata.
Cut 1 x 1½” strip WOF from Pink Daisy, for Strata.
Cut 4 x 2¼” strips WOF from Tile Pattern Fabric, for Binding.
Sewing Instructions;
Lay out the order of the Strata strips, as follows;
Join the strata strips, sewing them in alternative directions to avoid distortion.
Press all seams open with iron. TIP: Do not iron the raw edges that are not in the seams as it will stretch them out of shape.
Crosscut the strata into 3¼” pieces. (You’ll need 12 pieces).
Make 3 sets of 4 from the cut strata. Then stagger them by unpicking one seam in 2 of them and moving the piece to the other end of the strata and sewing them there.
Carefully measure the 3 stratas and note down the measurement. Add ¼” to this measurement for insurance. Now measure and cut the sashing and side borders to this measurement.
Pin and sew 2 sashing pieces to both sides of one of the stratas with the ¼” not included in the pinning or sewing.
LEAVE ALL ¼” EXTRA AT THE SAME END OF THE QUILT. Pin and sew 2 stratas to the other side of the sashings, leaving the sashing ¼” longer as before.
Pin and sew the 2 side borders onto the out sides of the strata and again leaving the side borders ¼” longer as before.
Press all seams towards the sashings and side borders. Trim off all the ¼” allowances.
Measure top and bottom of the quilt, note it down, add ¼” to this measurement. Cut 2 pieces of the border print to this size.
Pin and sew them on to top and bottom, and as before, leaving the ¼” out of the sewing.
Press all seams towards the borders and trim off the ¼” allowances, being careful to square up the corners on your cutting board.
Now it’s time to sandwich the quilt. Lay out your Backing Fabric, always having your fabric firm on your pinning surface using tape or bull-dog clips, then lay down the Batting on top, then your Quilt top. Pin the three layers together with safety pins, pins need to be 10cm-15cm apart.
Quilt the three layers together. We quilted by machine using a Walking Foot in the ditch.
Sew your binding strips together end to end, making sure you cut off the selvedge. Press your seams open and iron your binding strips in half, longways, with right side of fabric showing. Sew on your binding to the right side of the Quilt, pin it over to the wrong side (back) and hen stitch by hand.
All Finished!!
Time to display this art piece.
There are some great quilting classes that your local quilt store have to ‘fine tune’ your skills, such as quilting your quilt, pinning your quilt and binding.
When you make this Quilt, please tag us in Facebook or Instagram, we’d love to see your work.
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