HOW TO SEW AN EASY STRIPED TABLE RUNNER FROM A JELLY ROLL. (BEGINNER FRIENDLY SEWING PROJECT) 2020

Hi, I'm Tamara and today I'm going to guide you through the 12 steps you need to know so you can make your own

table

runner

. This is a super

easy

project

and I make it even easier for you because we will be using a

jelly

roll

. This

jelly

roll

is a 20 strip jelly roll and with this jelly roll you will be able to make the

table

runner

that we are going to make today in this tutorial, as well as four matching placemats and a matching tablecloth. pot holder, but if you want to make sure you have enough fabric left over for the next two tutorials, definitely check out the link below.

I'll have all my dimensions listed there so you can keep track of them and make sure you have enough scraps to do the next two

project

s as well and when I say scraps I really mean scraps for that pot holder, the matching potholder, we're going to use scraps like this as little ones, so save all your scraps except the Salvages are fine, so let's start making that table runner, so the first thing to mention is that you will need enough batting fabric for the back, as well as a roll of gelatin, so I'm going to take this jelly roll here and I'm going to cut all the selvages off the edges, don't unfold the jelly roll strips, just leave them folded as they are and then we'll cut those selvages off.

The second step will be to cut our strips to 15 inches. long so that you can cut all the strips that come in the jelly roll to 15 inches. Make sure the folded piece is facing left when you cut. If you cut with your right hand like that, you'll have all the strips just right. like this, but then we can use the folded pieces later for our placemats. Now step three will be to arrange all the strips in the pattern you want, so you will have a few more strips than you need to make the table runner you will need 28 strips, so decide what patterns you want and then place them in the order you want to be seen on your table runner.

I ended up using a few extra strips because I wanted my table runner to be a little longer, so when I made my placemats, I cut six extra strips so I could add them to the placemat. This way you could have a slightly longer table runner, but that's up to you, so if you want, just determine the length you want for your table. runner, if you use 28 strips, your table runner should end up measuring around 58 inches by 14 and a half inches now, as you can see here, I've started taking all the strips now that they've been organized and I'm starting to stack them and hold them together like use wonderful clips.

I think they are pretty, especially when you work with smaller pieces of fabric like this, because then as the pins can clump them together, I find that the clips don't and the clips are quicker, so I have linked them in the description below . If you're interested in moving on to step four, we're going to sew all of these strips together in a quarter inch seam and once we've done that, we're going to stack them. those and start pinning them together and continue down until all of our strips are sewn together at this point you don't need to backstitch now that all of our strips have been sewn together it's time to press our seams open there are two.

There are ways you can really press the seams: you can press them all to one side or you can press them open. I like to press them open, especially when using a jelly roll, since you're working with a lot of different colors of fabric. and when you press it open, you press the light fabric against the light fabric, the dark against the dark, but if you don't have the patience for that, just sew everything flat like this here and work your way down. line and as long as you don't use fabrics that are too light, with a dark fabric folded against a light fabric then you will be fine.

This is the method I like to do, where I just bend it open because that's how I know. When you look at the table runner from the front, you won't see dark fabric shining through light fabric. Now in step six, we need to cut our batting and this part is actually very important and I want you to notice the mistake that I'm making in this video because when I started to place my table runner on top of the cut fabric, I actually matched my edges, which I don't know what I was thinking because when you start

sewing

your table runner onto your batting.

Even if you pin a lot, the table runner will start to move a little as you go, so make sure you have a couple of inches. at both ends of the table runner. I like to have just an inch at the top and bottom when I'm making my table runner because I don't find it moves up and down too much that way, but on both short ends you should definitely give yourself at least two inches and , to be safe, give you even three inches. and then place the table runner on top of the batting and start pinning the more pins you have, the more pins you have the less the fabric will move before you start

sewing

it into the batting so you can see that corner.

I can see that my table runner is already past the batting, so after pinning all of this for the video, I unpinned it and got a longer piece of batting that way when I started sewing it all together, I didn't end up left with batting, so that step seven is to pin and sew, so what we're going to do is take this to the sewing machine and we're going to start sewing in the ditch right along that seam, we're going to sew there, no need. back stitch, but you are going to sew along each seam throughout this entire table runner and now comes step number eight, we need to trim the edges and we need to do this very carefully so that it doesn't end up crooked, so, What I recommend is that you trust your ruler more than your seams, so we're going to take our ruler and we're going to make our first cut right along the edge and the one there I line up with my seam and with the edges and then I'm just going to cut along this end here and then from now on we're going to rely on our ruler, so line up the ruler all the way to the last cut and then along this side, make sure you go far enough to By cutting all those strips of fabric like that, you don't have to go back and cut again later and we're just going to move to the end of this table runner lining up our ruler with our last cut to make.

I'm sure everything is nice and straight and once we're all the way down the table runner, we'll have the final cut. I'm doing it a little backwards here just because I wanted to keep it framed for the camera, but I'm sure you're being careful with that rotary cutter because it's sharp and here we are, the table runner has been cut so it looks nice and straight across. along all the edges and now it's time to add it to our backing now you cut the backing just make sure it's a little bit bigger than the table runner but you don't have to do the same thing you did with the batting where made sure to have a good three inches on both ends because we're I'm just going to sew all the way around, so put the right sides together and then go around this whole piece and pin it in place.

Make sure you mark a section in the middle of about a three to four inch section big enough for your hand to reach and turn it over once you're done, I like to mark this with two pins that way, don't do it. I forget and sew it alone because sometimes I get in the groove and move on, so now is the time. take this to the sewing machine and sew all around that edge in a quarter inch seam and this time remember to sew backwards, so in step number 10 we're almost there, we're going to trim off all the excess fabric nicely blue. for me it's blue, whatever the backing fabric is, we're going to cut it out along the batting lines and once we've cut all that out it's time to carefully trim the corners, I like to trim a little bit of that off.

The excess batting is removed that way, when you turn it right side out you'll be able to have sharper edges, but make sure you don't cut so close that you're cutting over the seam that you did right, so close that we can test it, step number eleven. We're going to turn everything inside out and then we're going to iron it that way we can do our final seam, so once you've turned this right side over, take a pointer, kind of like a flat end. pencil or the thicker end of a toothpick and you can push it into the fabric and point out those corners before you iron this will help the tips look as sharp as possible okay so it's ironed and I've taken that open section and I folded the pieces and ironed them to make it

easy

to sew them together and close that opening with our final top stitch, so take that top stitch again on about a quarter inch seam and sew around the entire table runner and this is your The bottom line and that, my friends, is how you make a table runner.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Come back next week because I'll show you how to make those matching placemats. I make these placemats a little different than that table runner. Come back so you don't miss those tips and check back next week because then I'll have the corresponding capsule holders for you. Subscribe, click the notification bell so you don't miss these upcoming tutorials and Always hit the thumbs up button if you found this tutorial helpful. I hope you have a wonderful day. See you next time, bye.