How to Make a Quilted Table Runner: a Step by Step Tutorial
You can make any size quilted table runner to fit your space by sewing top strips through all layers of batting and backing. Iron your batting (if it was a wadded up remnant like mine) on a low heat setting.
How do I sew my own binding?
Bias Tape Binding: A Step-by-Step Guide
- Step 1 u2013 Determine Fabric Bias. Determine the fabric’s bias.
- Step 2 u2013 Cut Strips. Cut strips along the 45-degree bias twice the width of your bias maker.
- Step 3 u2013 Join Strips. Take two strips with ends pointing in the same direction.
- Step 4 u2013 Press Open and Trim Seams.
How do I put the backing on my table runner?
Creating a Table Runner
- Spread out the backing fabric on a flat surface.
- Pin the two pieces of fabric together on their right and left sides, making sure the top and bottom edges are also lined up.
- Sew the fabric on both pinned sides.
How do you machine quilt a table runner?
At the start of the quilting design, place the runner under the machine and hand-turn the flywheel once to bring the bobbin thread up through all layers to the top of the runner. Hold both the bobbin thread and the upper thread as you slowly stitch the quilting design.
How do I make continuous binding strips?
How to Make Bias Tape That Remains Continuous
- Cut the Square on the diagonal.
- Stitch the Triangles Right Sides Together.
- Mark the Strips Parallel to the Longest Sides.
- Bring the Short Ends Together.
- Offset the Rows by 1 Strip.
- Stitch Seam and Press Open.
Can you make your own bias binding?
If you want to make double fold bias binding, for example to bind a neckline edge where the binding will be visible on both the inside and outside of a garment, you’ll press the single fold binding in half after it comes out of the maker.
How do I make perfect corner binding?
Align the raw edges of the binding and press them together along the length of the binding.
- Step 1: try out your binding placement.
- Step 2: sew the binding to your quilt.
- Step 3: flip and sew the corners.
- Step 4: join the binding ends.
- Step 5: trim the corners.
Do you put batting in a table runner?
Batting u2013 choose a low-loft batting that is relatively flat and will lay well. For my first runner, I used scraps of Quilter’s Dream bamboo batting and for my second, I used Pellon 100% cotton batting.