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How to Make 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. Plus it is fun and easy to make. I
have given plenty of these Christmas Raggedy Table Runners as gifts
to friends, teachers, and family members.
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Please read
through ALL the directions first then start here:
First find plenty of cranberry and green
homespun fabrics. (I use homespun's and calico's, but homespun's
"rag" the best.) You will also need some quilt batting. (I use
Warm & Natural. It cost more money, but the results and the feel of it
makes it worth the extra $$) |
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Next you
are going to be cutting squares. For best results use a rotary
cutter. If you do not have one then just cut as straight as you
can using scissors and a ruller.
You will need to cut twelve 6" squares
of quilt batting, twelve 8" squares of green fabric, and twelve 8"
squares of cranberry fabric. (For the red and green fabrics, I cut 4
of 3 different red colors, and then 4 of 3 different green colors as
you can see in the photo.) |
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Now you are
going to place one quilt batting square in the middle of two red
squares. You want the pretty sides to be on the outside.
Place one quilt batting square in
between the ugly sides of one red square as shown in the photo. |
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Once your
quilt batting is in between the fabric squares pin them as shown in
the photo. Two pins in the middle of the square should be fine.
Do this to all of your sets of squares.
You should have 12 sets of squares pinned at this point. |
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Now you are
going to stitch an "X" on each square of 3 layers. Unlike most
other quilts where the quilt top is done first and then the 3 layers
are quilted, raggedy quilts are quilted as they are being made.
Now 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. If you don't back-tack, when your quilt is
done and is ready to be cut, it makes it easier to cut and it rags
much nicer.
Do this to all of your 12 squares. |
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Once you
have one caddy-corner line sewn on each square, you are going to
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. |
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Now that
all 12 squares are have an "X" sewn through them, it is time to put
your quilted table runner together. Arrange the squares the way
you would like them to look on your table runner. |
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We are
going to sew one row together first, then the other.
Start with your top row. You will
start by pinning them together on the side seam as shown in the photo.
Stitch down the side using a 1" seam. Continue this process until you
have sewn all 6 together on your top row. |
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Stitch your
bottom row in the same manner. This is what your two sewn rows
should look like when done. |
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Now you
have to sew your two rows together.
Pin them pretty sides together matching
seams. Sew down the long seam with a 1" seam allowance.
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This is
what your runner should look like when the two rows are sewn together.
Now stitch a 1" seam allowance around
the whole outside of the runner. This helps hold it in place
when you start your cutting slits and washing and drying it. |
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To get the
"ragged" look we need to cut slits.
Begin cutting slits on EVERY seam
allowance.
Lots and Lots of cutting...
Just keep cutting those slits...
Yeap, I know...more cutting...
The smaller the slits, the more
"raggedy" your table runner will look!!! |
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Now, once
you have cut all of your slits, wash your raggedy table runner in
COLD/COLD, and then dry it in the dryer. Shake it out!!!
Your beautiful, country, Christmas
Raggedy Quilted Runner is done!!! |
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