In our case, Fabric A is the purple background fabric with the large print puppy dogs. Remember that you will be sewing a 1/4" seam, which will take up the outer edges of the fabric square, so the design on those edges will not show in your finished table runner. Make sure that the square template is positioned directly over the center of the motif you want to cut. Cut in a square around that motif or design, rather than just cutting the fabric into random strips.
In fussy cutting, select a certain area of the fabric where we want to cut out just that specific printed motif. You can use fabric remnants to piece your backing together, or you can cut one solid piece of backing fabric, as we did.įabrics A & B are large print fabrics, so we will fussy cut those with the 4" square ruler or plastic template. The backing requires a piece of fabric that is at least 50" long by 22" wide. Cut 4 binding strips 2 ½" on the cross grain of your fabric, from selvedge to selvedge. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what youre looking for. Then cut one of those strips in half, to form the two short sides of the borders.īinding requires 1/3 yard of fabric. Search the worlds information, including webpages, images, videos and more. They should be 36" long or more, depending on your fabric. Cut 3 strips 3 ½" wide on the cross grain of your fabric, from selvedge to selvedge. Cut 8 squares.Ĭutting the border, backing, and binding:įabric E: Border fabric. Use 1/4 yard of a solid or tone-on-tone print of a background fabric.
This fabric will also be rotary cut into 4" strips, then 4" squares. Cut 8 squares.įabric D: ( We chose the orange fabric with the lighter orange flying bats). Fussy cut 8 pieces, each one 4" square.įabric C: ( We chose the black cats with the pumpkins) Choose 1/4 yard of a medium or small print This fabric will be rotary cut into 4" strips, then 4" squares. You'll need about 1 yard of fabric, or a little more, depending on how large the print motif is. (Our fabric has an off-white background). Fussy cut 9 pieces, each one 4" square.įabric B: Choose a large print fabric with a light background for fussy cutting. You'll need about 1 yard or a little more of fabric, depending on how large the print motif is. We made our runner 11 squares across and 3 squares down, for a total of 33 squares, each one cut 4", which will be a finished size of 3 ½" square.Ĭutting the squares: We chose high-contrast fabrics, as we wanted lots of bright colors.įabric A: Choose a dark background fabric with a large print for fussy cutting.
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