If you use the solid center line, you will find that your triangles are too small. Then make your cut along the right edge of the ruler. The cutting instructions (found on page 3), say you are to align the Outer Left Dashed line with the outside edge of the rectangle – as shown below. The biggest mistake people make when cutting these triangles is they align the solid center line with the edge of the rectangle. The specific things that I wanted to point out are Cutting the Half Triangles and cutting the roof for the cabin.įor Cutting the Half Triangles, see the cutting box for the Tree Tops, found on the top of page 22. There are also a few hints in the book on page 3 that you will want to take a look at. I am assuming that you all know how to do that, so I won’t bore you with that! I am going to go over a couple of things specific to this pattern. What are you doing next? I’ve got a couple of projects almost finished to share, so I am exited to move onto something new to share with you.For those of you joining the Let It Snow QAL, I have a few hints to share today about the cutting. I’m always looking for feedback on what quilters are interested in. If there is anything else that you would like to have a sewing along on or a technique that you would like to learn more about, you can leave it in the comments. I hope the project provided a good reason to spend some time back in the sewing room after the holidays. I hope you gained some new confidence in working with angles. This will be its home during the winter months when I have this runner out. Here’s the finished runner in my dining room. (BTW – The fabric line is Juniper Berry by Basic Grey for Moda fabrics). When this fabric comes out, I will be ordering more of that one for sure. My favorite part is the black print on the outer border. I’m happy that I did the blue background, for something a little different. I find that when I do all the stitching by machine, I sometimes get a slight ripple along the edge and the binding doesn’t lay totally flat. When I’m done, I usually give the binding a good shot of steam. I also pin the corners so that I get a nice miter because it’s a little harder to keep everything in position while going around the corner. If you are having trouble with being able to catch that edge of the binding on the back side, you can adjust the overlap to be 1/8th of an inch, rather than the 1/16th that I aim for. To make this process easier, I usually make my seam allowance a tad narrower so that it is easier to fold the binding past the stitching line. If you can’t do it by feel, you can pin it in place from the front and pull the pins out as you come to them. I can tell by running my finger along the ditch that I referred to earlier, that the edge of the binding is sticking just past where the stitching line will be. This takes a little bit of practice and I do it mostly by feel. From the front side of the runner, I stitch in the ditch between the binding (see photo above) and the border so that the stitching catches the edge of the binding on the back side like this: I align it so the folded edge is about 1/16th of an inch past the stitching line on the back side of the runner. To begin sewing, pull the folded edge of the binding to the back side of the runner. As you can see, it makes seeing where you are going so much easier! The photo below shows you what an open toe foot looks like. To set up your machine, you will need your top thread to match the border fabric and your bobbin thread to match the binding fabric. I use the French double fold method and I cut my binding 2 1/2″. I talk about things like how to determine the seam allowance, how to miter the corners, and a simple way to turn your binding into one continuous piece. If you need some pointers on doing the initial application by machine, you can see this tutorial and this tutorial. I prefer doing it by hand using this method, but machine works in a pinch. If you want to see how I quilted the other Let It Snow quilts, you can hop over to this post.įor the binding, I decided to do it all by machine. I did loops in the border, but with the busy print, you can only see them from the back. I chose to meander the background and a free-hand design in the trees. I finished up the quilting with the use of a few simple designs. It’s the final wrap up for the Let It Snow QAL!
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