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Looking for table runner pattern
Comments (15)The pattern I used is called Simply a Pleasure. I have used this pattern a few years ago. It is a lot more difficult to make when I want the birds to show up in specific areas. It goes together much quicker when I don't need to worry about placement of my design. I can't wait for my daughter to see it at Christmas. I would love to find other patterns and use the Christmas red fabric to go with it for a Christmas table runner for my other two daughters or the granddaughters....See Morequestion about stippling on a table runner
Comments (2)I would start at one end and go across buy do try to avoid going across in a straight line because it will look funny. Do about a six inch square in say the left hand corner and then maybe a four inch square adjoining and then another six inch square and then finish off the edge and then work your way back from right to left fillling in the smaller square. The squares on your right to left run should be different sizes than the ones on the left to right run. The point is you don't want it to look like you colored in a row of horizontal lines. Free motion quilting should be very random. A long arm quilter described it as making mickey mouse ears first in one direction and then in another. Use a thread that matches as closely as possible and don't worry about your errors. Nobody but you will notice them. Another tip,if you accidentally cross a line or find it necessary to cross a line, that's okay. The quilt police will not come after you....See MoreReversible holiday table runner
Comments (4)Have you ever seen the quilts where as you piece one side, it quilts the other? I’ll have to look for instructions for you. I made one. It’s a quilt-as-you-go project. You make the blocks and then add strips between them. Easier to show than describe, unfortunately....See Morefall table runner
Comments (5)I think this would be perfect for Big Stitch using embroidery floss or 12 wt thread! It would be easy to stitch a single line through the solid fabrics from one end of the runner to the other end. Big Stitch is hand stitching also w/o the use of “11 to an inch” tiny quilting stitches. Just search for Big Stitch and you should see some examples. And, you could change the color of the stitches at any point - best to do it randomly because you “meant for it to be that way.” I don’t use batting in runners or placemats where I will be sitting things on it that should sit flat. You could use flannel instead....See More
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoMine matches my chair seats, I upholstered. Thus the width of the fabric wasn't enough to make a longer runner. I used to keep the 2 leaves in the table, then it looked more like a center piece "display" than a table runner.....as it was even shorter to the table ends.
lucillle thanked User- 8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
Raven....I really like white washed pine and slipper chairs! Nice!
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I'll probably use 2 table runners, criss-crossed on my round dinette table to get a trendier look. They "would" hang over the table edges. Just using washable place mats right now.
Not mine....an example of a runner on top of a runner...
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8 years agoMy table is very long even without the leaves. I change it out with the seasons or holidays. Usually I can find them at Pottery Barn that are long enough and sometimes at Pier 1 on sale. Haven’t bought one in a while but this one was really long. I usually prefer them to hang over the edge but I have a couple that don’t. I have even folded one in the middle and put something on top so I could use it with placemats without interference.
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