Monday, October 13, 2014

12 Days of Christmas: Day 5

Christmas is only 72 days away!


To help you get ready for the holidays, we're spending 12 days featuring Christmas fabrics, tutorials, and free quilt patterns. Be sure to stop back each day for another dose of inspiration! We'll also be offering some giveaways, so keep an eye out for a chance to win some Christmas fabric to jump start your next project!

On the fifth day of Christmas we have:
(not five golden rings!)
A tutorial for a table runner and placemats made by Connie of Freemotion by the River, using Ro Gregg's Tis The Season collection:
Tis The Season by Ro Gregg table runner

Connie:
I am excited to be a part of the 12 Days of Christmas here at Inspired by Fabric! I used the beautiful Christmas fabrics Tis The Season by Ro Gregg to create a table runner and place mats that will be perfect for the holidays.

The floral print used on the back of the runner and place mats can make these reversible.
Tis the Season place-mats by Freemotion by the River
The finished size of the table runner is 18 x 40 inches and starts with three 10 inch blocks. The place mats are 12 x 16 inches.  I hope you enjoy the tutorials!
Table runner and placemats in Tis The Season by Connie Campbel

Materials needed:
Tis the season fabrics
1 fat quarter bundle of Tis The Season by Ro Gregg
1 yard dark red #8258
1 yard cream #8257
1 1/2 yard floral print #8254

Sew with a 1/4 inch seam allowance.

Make 2 blocks with red as the main color and 1 block with green main color.

Cut the following for each block:
A - Cut 5 - 3 inch squares
B - Cut 32 - 1 æ inch squares cream
C - Cut 6 - 1 3/4 x 3 inch - Dark Green Or Dark Red
D - Cut 6 - 1 3/4 x 3 inch - Light Green or Light Red
E - Cut 6 - 1 3/4 inch squares - Light Green or Light Red
F - Cut 4 - 1 3/4 inch squares - Light Green or Light Red
G - Cut 2 - 1 3/4 inch x 6 3/4 inch - Dark Green or Dark Red
pieces for each block
Start out with the 5 - 3 inch blocks (A) and add the cream (B) 1 3/4 inch corners as shown.
Stitch diagonally on each square as shown, clip and press.
Each block uses 5 of these.
Continue adding the corner pieces to the 1 3/4 x 3 inch pieces. Look at the diagram to see which way the angle goes. There are also 2 - 1 3/4 inch x 6 3/4 inch pieces.
sections of block

Here are the piece laid out for part of the block. You will make 2 of these.
sections of block
 This is the center of the block.
center of block
Continue piecing together. Follow the diagram for placement.
piecing block together
The final three sections.
piecing block together
Here is the red block.
piecing block together
Cream border:

 4 -  1 1/2 x 10 1/2 cream
add cream borders
 2 - 1 1/2 x 34 1/2 cream
add cream borders
Block Border: Cut 2 1/2 inch squares: 24 cream and 26 assorted prints.

Add 6 - 2 1/2 inch squares to each side.
2 cream squares and 4 assorted print squares as shown.
adding block border
Add 19 - 2 1/2 inch squares to each long side.
10 cream squares and 9 assorted prints as shown.
adding block border
For the final border cut and add:
2 - 1 1/2 inch x 16 1/2 inch strips
2 - 1 1/2 x 40 inch strips
Quilt as desired
Binding - cut 3 strips 2 1/2 inch by width of fabric. Bind as desired.
Table Runner tutorial by Freemotion by the River
Tis the Season Runner on deck
Place mats
Placemats by Freemotion by the River
Make 4 place mats 12 x 16 inches.
Cut  2 1/2 squares: 24 cream and 24 assorted prints
6 rows of 8 squares

Binding: cut 2 1/2 inch strips the width of the fabric. 3 strips will bind 2 place mats.


Thanks for stopping by! Head over to Connie's blog to find out how you can enter to win a fat quarter bundle of Ro Gregg's Tis The Season collection!

The 12 Days of Christmas:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10

Day 11
Day 12

82 comments:

  1. Let the festive sewing begin! What a lovely set to keep or gift!

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  2. I like it! I feel the need to make one.

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  3. HI, WHAT a neat tutorial> a keeper for sure!
    Thanks for sharing!

    msstitcher1214@gmail.com

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  4. Wow, placemats, too. This is really pretty!

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  5. Thanks for the fantastic tutorial!

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  6. I love the table runner and placemats; great tutorial!

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  7. A lovely design and a great tutorial - thankyou!

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  8. Love those fabrics, and what a great tutorial Connie did for us - thanks!

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  9. I love the table runner! Thanks for the tutorial!

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  10. Thanks for a great tutorial, Connie and IbF!

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  11. Another great tutorial Connie! Thanks so much!!

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  12. Very nice set. I am saving this tutorial for a future project.

    tushay3(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  13. Beautiful Table Runner Connie. Love the dimensional use of fabrics.

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  14. Beautiful table runner and great tutorial. Thanks.

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  15. Loooove this Table Set!! Gorgeous fabrics used too!! Thank you for the Tutorial as well...definitely would be great on my Table too! :)

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  16. What a great tutorial - thanks Connie!

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  17. Connie this is a very straight forward tutorial. Great job. Thanks

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  18. Wow, this would make any table look gorgeous for the holidays! Thanks for the tutorial.

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  19. Great tutorial! I love how the table runner looks like a ribbon twisting through the block!

    Sandy A

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  20. Your tutorial is great!! I am definitely going to make one for each of my sisters!! Thanks!!

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  21. These fabrics are beautiful! Love the tablerunner.

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  22. Can you spell STUNNING??? beautiful and on my todo list!

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  23. I love this runner!! Bookmarking the page so I can find it this weekend.
    Carole @ From My Carolina Home - contact at my blog

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  24. I love these projects. thanks for the tutorial. as always you did a fantastic job.

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  25. These are really nice projects. Thanks for having Connie's tutorials I really enjoyed them.

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  26. I LOVE this table runner! Thanks for sharing the tutorial.

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  27. This is really cute and doesn't look too difficult !

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  28. This is really cute and doesn't look too difficult !

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  29. this is wonderful Connie,,,I am book marking it!!

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  30. I always enjoy Connie's tutorials. She does awesome work.

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  31. This is a beautiful project Connie and thanks for the tutorial.

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  32. I like the ribbon block pattern. Thanks for the tutorial.

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  33. That is gorgeous! I love that design. Thanks for the tutorial.

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  34. I was already drooling over this fabric, but now that she's made the gorgeous runner and the placemats, I really love it. I have a friend who would just love this runner.

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  35. A great tutorial. I love having both photos and diagrams. So helpful.

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  36. Thank you Connie for the great tutorial.

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  37. I love your table runner, I have to pin this!

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  38. What a beautiful table runner! And an easy to follow tutorial. thanks for sharing!

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  39. The tablerunner and placemats are beautitul. Thanks for the great tutorial Connie.

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  40. Lovely set for the festive table!
    And such pretty fabrics...

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  41. I absolutely love this table runner, wonder if I could fit it in before Christmas?!

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  42. These turned out wonderful. Great tutorial. Thank-you.

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  43. It is a very good tutorial for a very nice tablerunner

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  44. Wonderful tutorial. This is a great project. Thanks.

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  45. That's a beautiful pattern for a Christmas table runner. And, as usual, Connie beautifully arranged the various colors.

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  46. Love this fabric, and this table runner!!

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  47. Thanks for the wonderful tutorial. Love the fabrics and table runner. tric99ciaatyahoodotcom

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  48. Beautiful runner, thanks for the great tutorial.
    jen dot barnard at btinternet dot com

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  49. I love that table runner! Thanks for sharing. sarah@forrussia.org

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  50. Connie's table setting is just gorgeous! I enjoyed her tutorial, as well. Great job!

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  51. Thank you Connie for the amazing tutorial of your beautiful table setting. I just love your creativeness.

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  52. Beautiful pattern, beautiful fabric choices, and excellent tutorial!! Thanks for sharing this with us-- you make it look easy! :-)

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  53. I just love Christmas decorations and the table items are wonderful!

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  54. What a gorgeous table runner!!! The tutorial was great and very informative too! Thanks for taking the time to do that for us!
    Dawn
    array-dawn at cox dot net

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  55. Thanks for the great tutorial! This is beautiful!

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  56. Love Connie's tutorial! It's just the thing I need to make for my Mother-In-Law! I always have lots of reds and greens in my stash and an extra pile with Christmas fabric.

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  57. Connie's tute is great. The table runner is just gorgeous!

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  58. Thanks for the tutorials. I'd love to make the table runner and placemats!

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  59. Your tutorials are great. Thanks for sharing.

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  60. I love the table runner and placemats,

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  61. Great tutorial by Connie , love the projects !

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  62. Thank you for a beautiful tutorial! I have it bookmarked.

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  63. Love this pattern. Thanks for the tutorial.

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  64. This is a beautiful pattern and a great tutorial!

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  65. This is a fabulous set - love the look of that runner with those placemats!

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  66. Such a beautiful pattern and the fabric are so pretty. Thanks for sharing the tutorial with us.

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  67. Beautiful table runner and placemats! The fabric is really pretty.

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  69. I'm might have had a little hiccup in my assembly. My final long border (1 1/2 x 40) was too short if I cut it at 40". If I did the math correctly, 34.5 inner border + 2 @ 2.5 squares (less .5 for seams) + 1 1/2 x 2 (less .5 for seams) = 41".
    The table runner turned out beautifully. Thanks for a great pattern. It was well written and easy to follow.

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