I bought this cute little Riley Blake “Trick or Treat” Fat Quarter set about a month or so ago. I just love it! (I bought the Christmas one too.) So far, I have made a Halloween dress for my daughter and I have just finished my very first attempt at a quilted item. (I plan on making a quilt for my daughter this winter, so I wanted to practice and start with something easy.) I decided to make a quilted table runner for Halloween.
I have been doing a few fabric piecing projects lately to work on my skills, so that part wasn’t hard. (You can see those projects here, here and here.) I just kind of played with the fabrics until I found a combination that I liked. I cut two strips each, varying the widths just a bit, from ten different fabrics. Then just sewed them together. Very easy.
I spent the next half day studying different online tutorials and You Tube videos to decide how I wanted to “quilt” and bind the table runner. So, thank you to everyone who puts time and effort into these lessons, I know how much time they can take. I didn’t follow any one exact tutorial, I just watched and read over ten different tutorials and applied a little something from them all.
Rather than do any fancy quilting, I just decided to “stitch in the ditch” between the fabric strips. While doing this method, I learned that I should probably do a little bit of a better job pressing the seams flat. I think I will also pick up a walking foot before my next quilting project in hopes that it will help keep my stitches a little straighter.
I also decided to machine stitch my binding. Lets face it, I am not making anything “heirloom” quality or trying to sell anything. I just don’t have the patience to do much hand stitching, especially on something as large as a full size quilt.
For this project, I used store bought bias tape. Black was my chosen binding color anyway, so I didn’t feel the need to make my own, especially since Hancock’s had their packaged bias tape 50% off last weekend. When I make my daughters quilt, I do plan to make the binding, though I haven’t figured out if it needs to be on the bias or not… (I already have the fabric picked out, bright pink with white pin-dots, so cute!)
If I have time, I would love to make a few more projects with this fabric. How cute are these fabric baskets? We’re running out of time before Halloween though and they may have to wait until next year…
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Staci says
Very cute! I'm sure you'll enjoy it very much.
WhyCuzICan says
Very cute table runner. Oh, I'm sure you'll love quilting (I'm a quilter too). You did a nice job and your binding looks like it turned out really well! You have skills! 😀
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Janet says
I love the colors you chose and the prints are so fun! Great job. 🙂
chris says
Fun table runner. The fabrics are so fun, with great pops of orange and purple.
Amy says
Oh I LOVE!!! I've never quilted either, but I'm going to give this a try! Too cute!! I found you on 504 Main! Love your blog, and am a new follower! 🙂
J's mom says
I would love it if you would link this to my link party. It just started 🙂
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Jerri says
What a cute runner. I love all the different fabrics!
I'd love for you to stop by and link up at my Friday Favorites party!
Mandi@MandiBeingCrafty says
I love Riley Blake fabric! Very cute table runner!
A little crunchy - Kimberly says
I can not quilt to save my life, however this could be because I am allergic to ironing! 🙂 I think you did a fantastic job with this.
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Good Girl Gone Green says
Beautiful.
Danielle says
I don't do much quilting, but this has me wanting to. I love all the colors. It is so fun! Thanks for linking up and sharing:>
Ricki says
This is so cute! I love the colors!
Kimberly @ The Brown Eyes Have It says
That is so cute, and easy, too! I'm going to go look for som fat quarter packs. Thanks for the idea.
Crafty Mischief says
Yay for Riley Blake! I bought that same fat quarter for some of my Halloween projects this year. Your table runner is beautiful! I found you through Think Pink Sundays linky party. Thanks for sharing!
Heather D. says
This is REALLY cute!! I'm not someone who is really into Halloween, but I am loving some of these seasonal prints that are showing up all over the place. The table runner is great. 🙂
http://www.artfire.com/users/auntiechrisquiltfabric says
Just beautiful Halloween decor!
Jamie @ the Backless Shirt Blog says
Wanting to do this…thanks for the close-up pics. I'll be doing a lot of 'research' too for this first-timer.
Jamie
Kaysi says
Super cute!
Heather says
This is absolutely adorable and a great quilting project! It seems right up my alley, simple and pretty quick!
MJ says
So cute! I have only quilted once and didnt actually do the top stitching part and it all came apart in the laundry… thanx for your tips! 🙂
Diane says
That runner is so cute! Love the fabric choices.
Cori says
I love the colors! This is great. I'm coming over from Tuesday's link party. I'm your newest follower from http://www.createdbycori.blogspot.com Would you follow me back?
Lindsay @Artsy-Fartsy Mama says
Super cute! Thanks for sharing it at Weekend Craft Soiree! 🙂
Mandy @ Sugar Bee Crafts says
Thanks for linking to Take-A-Look Tuesday – you were featured today!
–Mandy, http://www.SugarBeeCrafts.com
Jenn says
this is adorable. Thanks for sharing your tips because I have plans to try a few things that would require the lovely "stitch in the ditch" and I am NOT good at remembering the *iron seams open* step so maybe now after your post I'll remember!
~Jenn
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renee @ Singing With Birds says
Really fun and festive! Happy Halloween
Faith, Trust, and a Little Pixie Dust says
I'm crazy about all the colorful & whimsical fabrics you chose for this project. Great job! Thanks so much for linking up to Fabulous Friday. Please do come back next week!
Warmly, Michelle