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How to sew a Christmas raggedy quilted table runner.

This is one of my favorite Christmas decorations for my home.  I love the shades of forest green and cranberry together. This rag quilt table runner is fun and easy to make. I have given plenty of these Christmas Raggedy Table Runners as gifts to friends, teachers, and family members.

 

Free Christmas Sewing/Quilt Project Idea:

 
How to Make a Christmas Raggedy Quilted Table Runner
 
You will Need:
scraps of red, cream, and green cotton fabric (homespun fabrics, cotton calico, and flannel fabrics  rag best)
quilt batting
basic sewing needs
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learn to sew a raggedy table runner Please read through all the directions first before you begin.

Gather plenty of different cranberry and Christmas green homespun fabrics.  (I use homespun and calico fabrics, but homespun fabric "rags" the best.)

Cut twelve 6" squares of quilt batting, twelve 8" squares of green fabric, and twelve 8" squares of cranberry fabric.
Sandwich one quilt batting square in between two red squares with pretty sides out.
Place two pins in the middle of the square.

Do this to all sets of squares. You should have twelve sets of squares pinned at this point.

Now you are going to stitch an "X" on each square through all three layers.  (Unlike most other quilts where the quilt top is sewn first and then the three layers are quilted to form a quilt, raggedy quilts are quilted as they are being made.)

To sew an "X" through the three layers, straight stitch each square of 3 layers caddy-corner as shown in this photo. Do not back tack at the corners when you start and finish.

Do this to all of your 12 squares.

Once you have one caddy-corner line sewn on each square, stitch the other side from one corner to the other.  This forms an "X" as shown in the photo.  Do this to all 12 sets of squares.
Arrange the squares the way you would like them to look on your table runner.
Learn how to sew a raggedy quilt table runner. We are going to sew one row together first, then the other.

Start with the top row.  Pin the first two squares together on the side seam as shown. Stitch down the side using a 1" seam allowance. Continue this process until you have sewn all 6 together for your top row.

Stitch the bottom row in the same manner.  This is what your two sewn rows should look like when done.
To sew the two rows together pin them pretty sides together matching seams.  Sew down the long seam with a 1" seam allowance.
This is what your runner should look like when the two rows are sewn together. 

Stitch a 1" seam allowance around the whole outside of the runner.  This helps hold it in while you cut slits and wash and dry the runner.

Learn to sew a raggedy quilt table runner. To get the "ragged" look cut slits in seam allowances.

Begin cutting slits on EVERY seam allowance. 

Lots and Lots of cutting...

Just keep cutting those slits...

Yes, I know...more cutting...

The smaller the slits, the more "raggedy" your table runner will look!!!

Free step by step directions How to Make a Christmas Raggedy Quilted Table Runner Once all the slits are cut, wash your raggedy table runner in COLD/COLD, and then dry it in the dryer. Shake it out!!!

Your country Christmas Raggedy Quilted Runner is finished.

If you want it more "ragged" wash and dry it again.
 
Happy Stitchin'
Judi

 

 
 

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