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Quick & Easy
Table Runner Pattern
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Need a set of placemats and a table runner in a hurry? Our patterns are quick and easy. It takes just one yard of top fabric and one yard of back fabric,
plus one yard of fusible fleece to make six place mats. It takes just a bit more to add the table runner. Besides being quick to make,
this project is very economical.
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Supplies Required
1 piece of top fabric, measuring 10.5" x 20.5"
1 piece of backing fabric measuring 10.5" x 24.5"
2 solid contrast pieces for end strips, each measuring 10.5" x 2.5"
1 piece fusible fleece*measuring 10.5" x 24.5"
*Interfacing works also. I like the fusible fleece because it gives a bit of cushion to my place mats.
Note: all seams are 1/4 inch. Always iron between steps.
Sewing Supplies:
Thread to match background of top fabric.
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Directions
1. Cut all top pieces as stated above.
2. Cut 1 bottom (backing) piece as stated above.
3. Cut 1 fusible fleece piece as stated above.
4. Stitch one solid end strip piece to each end of top fabric, right sides together. Press seams open. Refer
to photo above. We used black as our contrast end strips.
5. Lay fusible fleece adhesive side up. Lay top, pieced layer over fleece, right side up (wrong side of top layer is toward fleece).
Iron top layer to fleece. Your fleece will now be adhered to the wrong side of your top layer.
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6. Lay bottom fabric over top fabric, right sides together. Pin corners. Stitch around perimeter using a 1/4" seam allowance.
Leave a four or five inch opening for turning right side out. See diagram at right. This is a diagram of the easy placemat, but the table runner
is put together the same way.
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7. Trim corners (cut corners off, diagonally, close to stitching).
8. Turn right side out. Use a turning tool or blunt end of a crochet hook (or something similar) to push
out corners. Turn open edges under. Press all edges and corners with iron.
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9. Topstitch around entire outside edge, 1/8" from edge.
See diagram at right.
NOTE: It's difficult to get perfectly square corners. They will probably be at least a tiny bit rounded. If you
make a sharp corner with your topstitching, your rounded corners will show more. Therefore, I stitch up to within a stitch of the corner,
then turn the corner slightly and make one or two stitches diagonally to the corner, then turn slightly and stitch on down the next side. Be sure
your needle is DOWN when you come to a corner. This allows you to turn your mat without pulling the needle away from the mat. Some machines
allow you to designate a needle down position when stopping (a very nice feature).
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