Tutorial: Celebrate!! Mat and Coasters

Today Jackie Kunkel from Canton Village Quilt Works is sharing a very cool project with a technique using tulle. We love it and think you will too! After you've read through Jackie's tutorial, don't miss the fat quarter bundle giveaway at the bottom of the post!

Hi, I'm Jackie from Canton Village Quilt Works, here to share a pitcher mat and coaster set that I made using Fabri-Quilt’s Black and White fabric line as well as Marblehead Global Brights.



You will need:

• Black and White fabric 
• Marblehead Global Brights 
• Tulle, 
• Glue pen
• Batting

1. Begin by cutting “wonky” strips form your black and white fabrics. Strip are no larger than 1.5" in width and are wonky. Subcut them into pieces about 12" in length.

2. Begin piecing strips together.

3. Continue this process until the fabric that you have is larger than 9.5" square.

4. Create a second piece in the same manner. Now you will have two pieces.

5. Take your bright fabrics and cut tiny little confetti like pieces in many different colors.

6. Place them on each piece of black and white pieced fabric until it is pleasing to your eye.

7. Take a glue pen and glue them in place, until both pieces are filled the way that you like it.

8. Cut two pieces of batting just slightly bigger than your pieced black and white unit.

9. Choose your backing fabric and also cut it about the same size of the batting.

10. Layer them as shown in the photo.

11. Cut your tulle to about the same size as your layered pieces and place it on top of the fabric.

12. Pin baste the 4 layers.

13. Quilt! I did a square spiral.

14. On one quilted piece, take a 9.5" ruler lay it down and cut around the edge for a cut piece of 9.5".

15. On the other quilted piece, take a 4" ruler and lay it down and cut out 4 coaster size pieces.

16. Bind all pieces. I used a different color of Marblehead Global Brights for each piece to make it more festive.

17. The VOILA! You can now sit down and relax with a cool, beverage!

I hope you enjoyed! I know you did!

Jackie

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Tutorial: Cheery Table Runner

Today, Jackie Kunkel of Canton Village Quilt Works is posting here as part of our Blogging Design Ring, sharing a simple tutorial for a table runner. We think you'll like her no-measure technique!

Hello Everyone!  My name is Jackie Kunkel  and I am a quilter, designer, online shop owner, teacher, and try to be an all-around fun gal!  

I hope that you enjoy this quick and easy table runner that I have designed for you using Sara Trail's Folk Heart collection for Fabri-Quilt!  It is fun and funky and will brighten any home! If you like Sara'a fabric, don't miss the giveaway offered the bottom of the tutorial.

You will need 6 different prints (3) 2.5" x 42" strips of each and 4 different tone on tone prints (3) 2.5" x 42" strips.

Also you will need (3) 4.5" inch squares... one from each of the tone on tone prints. (except the black and white print)

Choose one square and one 2.5 inch print strip.

Sew the strip to the square press toward the strip.

Now trim the strip to the size of the square.

Turn and trim the other side.  Continuing with the same strip, rotate the block and then sew the strip to the second side of the block.

Press towards the strip.

Trim the strip to the size of the block.

Rotate and trim the other side.

Continuing with the same strip, rotate the block.  stitch to the next side.

Stitch to the next side.  Press toward the strip.

Trim the strip to the size of the block.

Rotate and trim the other side.

Choose another 2.5 inch strip and stitch to the side of the block with the first strip.

Press towards the strip and trim to the size of the block.

Rotate and trim the other side.

Add the next strip and repeat the process.

Continue to add strips until you have 3 total strips on and have your block.

Take your next 4.5" square and repeat the above process to make your second and third block.   Your blocks will be 16.5" square.

From your tone on tone prints, take one green and one yellow strip.

One red and one green strip.

Stitch the green and yellow strips together and stitch the green and red together, down the length strip and press towards one side.

With each strip set sub-cut into 2.5"  segments.  Yield 8 segments.

Stitch together two segments to create a four patch.  Repeat this 3 more times so you have 4 green/yellow four patches.  Then repeat this process with the green and red segments until you have 4 green/red four patches.

Cut 2 strips of red and 2 strips of yellow, for sashing, to 16.5" x 2.5"

Stitch the four patches together, as pictured below. 

Stitch the 2 red sashing strips to the yellow and green four patches. Press towards the red strips.

Repeat this process for the green and red four patches and yellow sashing.

Layout the blocks and sashing to your liking.

Stitch the sashing to the blocks, pressing the seams toward the sashing.

Repeat with the second sashing.  Quilt and bind with the remaining black and white stripes.  I trimmed that strip down to 2.4" for the binding.

Now you can lay it on the table to brighten your day!

Fabri-Quilt is giving away a fat quarter bundle of the Folk Heart collection to go along with Jackie's tutorial. To enter to win become a follower of Fabri-Quilt's blog (on the right side bar), either through Google Friend Connect or by email. Leave a comment letting us know that you're a follower, and let us know what you'd make with the Folk Heart fat quarters! 

The giveaway is open through Sunday, February 24 at 11:59 EST. The randomly selected winner will be announced on Monday, February 25th.