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Table Runner part 3 of 3 - Quilt with the Wave

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Part 3 of 3 today for my Bonnie Lane Table runner Sew Along, I'm thrilled you joined me!

After the video in the post will be

• photos for a few items
• ideas for those Half Square Triangles from the Sew and flip
• 44% off the Jubilant Machine!
• Share your progress below! 

REQUIRED Pattern-   4 project sizes in the pattern

*** The Video ***

• Using the Wave stitch
• Sewing it on the Jubilant

Watch the 1st Video HERE

Watch the 2nd Video HERE

*** The WAVE stitch ***

• Use your walking foot
• I added a 2" border all around the quilt.
• Sew on the seams in long sections, then sew between those. See the video

• I used the straight stitch for the machine binding. 
• BINDING tutorial HERE

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*** Using the bonus HST units ***

I did not like the HST right next to the blocks as the  scale was wrong. Here is an idea if you'd like to make your runner wider

• Put a 2.5" (2" finished) border all the way around.
• play with the position of the HST.
• Adding the inner border and HST on both sides makes your runner 8" wider and 8" longer. 
• I decided to let Norm supervise .. he looks good with this!

Gnome Pattern, and a KIT that is on Sale!

• There are enough to make a cute table mat
• placemats
• A couple of pillows
• Or lots of mug rugs

• What about some stars? 
• I might do this!  There are 3 more full star sets for a 3 x 3 table mat. 
• Or a 2 x 3 small table runner

Gnome Pattern, and a KIT that is on Sale!

*** The Jubilant Sewing Machine ***

I sewed on my Jubilant.  I noticed in the video I was zoomed in pretty far so you could not see the button I pushed

It is the gray circle. In the next video I'll pull out so you can see that. 

Buying a Jubilant 

• 44% OFF - ON SALE The Jubilant it is a really great price and you might get free shipping to! Ships right to you and at 14lbs with a blanket stitch, it's amazing!
• Pin Place scissor magnet made FOR sewing machines!

*** Your Assignment for this week ***

Quilt your runner! I'm going to hang mine in my kitchen to cover the place where the wall phone used to go. 

• REQUIRED Pattern-  Pattern only incase you already have my fabric = 4 project sizes
• KIT - Nothing Like Home table runner 
• Batting
• Bonnie Lane Fabric

Share your Bonnie Lane projects progress below. This will be for all 3 sew alongs

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Ultimate Beginner Quilt Series - Binding TUTORIAL

*** FIRST ***

My Bonnie Lane Table runner post & video will be tomorrow instead of today

*** DETAILS in this post ***

The last step is to bind our quilt, in this article

• Video from my friend Kimberly of the Fat Quarter shop
  • cutting binding
  • Sewing it on by machine
  • Doing the miter corner
  • Joining the ends
  • on hand stitching the binding as the final part
• My tips for binding by machine
• SHARE YOUR quilts at the end!

*** VIDEO Lesson ***

I am using this 100% cotton batting from the Fat Quarter shop's Happy Cloud brand.  I LOVE it because it's thin and drapes. I love battings that will hang nicely. Once I wash this it will be amazing to cuddle with.  I'm giving the Bonnie Lane fabric version to my mom.

• Happy Cloud Batting - the one I'm using
• ORDER 505 Spray
• Bonnie Lane fabric 
• Sewing with My Aurifil Thread.
• the Solid KIT which is gorgeous!
• And another with SOMETHING BLUE

*** My Quilting ***

• First I did a grid to quilt the sashing 1/8" from the block to lock the quilt sandwich in place. 
• For quilting I selected the 'wave' stitch. You'll find it on many of your Baby lock machines, including the Jubilant
• I used the walking foot for the stitch
• Simple across the quilt from one side to the other

The reasons I love this stitch

• This is VERY  easy, anyone can do it.
• you do not need to keep focused as you quilt to keep track of tension like you do for Freemotion. You just sew lines
• To me, it's softer in the final quilt than a straight stitch is

*** My Machine Binding Tips ***

• For this technique I reverse how I sew the binding.  SEE my picture Tutorial HERE
• My video is stitching on the line

*** Straight Stitch Binding ***

• I went with a straight stitch to secure the binding on the front
• You can see above how it looks on the front and the back
• I used the same thread color i used for quilting
• Usually I will use my blanket stitch, but there are 2 reasons I did it this way
  • To show you what it looks like
  • And to let you know that it is SO easy anyone can do this and be successful! Try it!

*** The Corner ***

• Normally I will hand stitched the 4 mitered corners closed, but for this lesson I wanted to show you what it looks like done by machine.
• I rotate and sew up to the corner.
• The rotate and sew back down
• Depending on your machine it might get stuck on that bulk. My Babylock machine don't but just to let you know there is a lot of bulk. So do a tes

*** All the things you need ***

My Quilt my Own Quilt Book with all my tips and Bonus Videos for book owners!

My BOOK on Sale right now for 40% off!

• Happy Cloud Batting - the one I'm using
• Bonnie Lane fabric 
• Sewing with My Aurifil Thread.
• the Solid KIT which is gorgeous!
• And another with SOMETHING BLUE

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*** DOWNLOAD the LAYOUT *** 

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Download Finishing Pattern

• The Previous blocks 

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Tools I recommend:

• OLFA TOOLS, there is a combo of the True Blue mat and ruler! Also check out the folding mat, they work SO well if you want it for travel or have space issues
• 44% OFF - ON SALE The Jubilant it is a really great price and you might get free shipping to! Ships right to you and at 14lbs with a blanket stitch, it's amazing!
• You will need a few rulers to start. I highly recommend the 6.5" square and the 6.5" x 24.5" size to start. Also if you have not upgraded your rulers since your first beginner class... go NOW and do it, you'll wonder why you waited so long
  • 6.5" Square
  • 6.5" x 24.5"
• The Dritz Needle Inserter & needle Threader are a handy tool to have. Helps you hold your needle to replace it and if you don't have an automatic threader on your machine, this one works great
• Mini Iron
• Wool Pressing Mat
• The Thread cutter basket is SO useful! you can keep your Wonderclips or Alhabitties in it, top has a thread cutter,  and the side has a magnet for pins!
• Last is a container for the project. I saw these and feel in love. They are REALLY Sturdy (I'm picky on that) and many colors and sizes. This one expands so it can be double the size if needed. I like to keep my project things all together. Since it folds up, I can store it if I don't have project for it. 
  • Large Red expanding Container
  • All the sizes and colors
  • Plastic Stacking Trays I also use, there are several styles

Sew Along Schedule

Each week my friend Kimberly Jolly, who owns the Fat Quarter shop, will do a video week to show you how to sew each part of this quilt from start to finish. I will put her video here in my article about the block and tips I have for the week. 

THE SCHEDULE - Video Tutorials & blog tips here Every Thursday

• July 24 for fabric supply list
• Supplies and Sewing Machine: August 1, 2019
• Sew Quilt Blocks 1-9: August 8-October 3, 2019
• Sew the Quilt Top Together: October 10, 2019
• Quilting the Quilt: October 17, 2019
• Quilt Binding: October 24, 2019
• Visit the Fat Quarter shop and the designers sewing along- Tracie at Ricefordstreams Angie at a little patchwork   Mathew Mister Domestic   Karin at Blue Pip Designs  Gina of Thread Graffiti  Linden of VineLines  Priscilla The Real Housewives of Cross Stitch Rebecca One Wee Bird   Moda   Fat Quarter shop

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Perfect 5 the cutest blocks this week, blocks 5 & 6 from the Charm pack book

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*** My Blocks *** 

FIRST.. Be sure you entered my giveaway over at https://blog.patsloan.com/2019/10/fireside-chat-with-pata-few-qa-today.html

Have you ever made just one block from a pattern to see how you like it?  That is what I'm doing with the Perfect 5 book. The Fat Quarter shop has a whole sampler you can make, I'm going to do a smaller version as I'm making just one of each of the 16 quilts.. so far I have 2 favorites that I will be making full quilts from. 

• The little block is Gingersnaps. I'm on a quest now to taste test gingersnap cookies.. do you happen to have a great recipe? 
• Larger block is Biscotti, I shared my favorite Biscotti recipe HERE
• Below is a tip, all the blocks together, and share your blocks at the end!
• I'm making one of each block from the bonus sampler that goes along with the Perfect 5 book.  The sampler sheet & photo are at the end. 
• I'm using a Pepper & Flax Jolly bar cut in half
• and the background is my charcoal from Bonnie Lane Fabric

*** TIP *** 

• The version on the left is how the pattern is written. I decided to switch out the center for one of the squares in the charm pack!
• The ruler markings for the Perfect 5 ruler are really wonderful!

• Perfect 5 Book
• Perfect 5 Ruler
• Pepper & Flax Jolly bar
• Bonnie Lane Fabric
• GREAT charm packs, many on sale!

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BUY the BOOK to make these quilts

Download Week3 Bonus sheet for how many blocks to cut

Project Page with all the blocks AND the sampler supply list

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*** Oct 9 to Dec 4- Perfect 5 Sew Along *** 

The 'Perfect 5' is a wonderful new book with 16 quilt patterns that use charm packs... thus the '5'!  Charm packs are 5" squares.  I love how my blocks are coming together

• Perfect 5 Book

The Perfect 5 Book has

• All the quilts named a cookie, you had me at this one!
• 4 quilt patterns using just 1 charm pack... perfect right? For that 'one pack' you bought. 
• 4 that use 2 packs - this is the same as a jolly bar
• 4 using 3 charm packs
• and 4 quilt patterns using 4 charm packs, which is the same as a layer cake!

Details:

• From Oct 9 to Dec 4 I'm sewing along using the quilt blocks in the book to do a version of the Sampler above that the Fat Quarter Shop is doing
• Once a week you'll make the assigned number of blocks for the sampler. 
• My featured quilt is the Snickerdoodle quilt from the book, hit me up with your best Snickerdoodle cookie recipes in the comments! 
• Below is a list of the other designers sewing along 
• Share your blocks at the photo party at the end!

Sewing along are.....

Week 1 - October 9: Riceford Streams
Week 2 - October 16: A Bright Corner
Week 3 - October 23: Sherri Falls, This and That Patterns
Week 4 - October 30: A Little Patchwork
Week 5 - November 6: Samelia's Mum
Week 6 - November 13: Pat Sloan
Week 7 - November 20: Gnome Angel
Week 8 - November 27: Melissa Corry, Happy Quilting
Week 9 - December 4: back to the Jolly Jabber

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