Pieceful Sunday: Snowflake Table Runner

Welcome to Pieceful Sunday! What piecing project have you been working on this week? I love piecing and seeing other people's pieced projects. That's why I started this Linky Party. I wanted to help form a community of quilters who love piecing as much as I do. Come link up your piecing projects, both in-progress and completed! Then go see the piecing of others by following the links. Encouraging comments are welcome!

This week I am sharing a Snowflake Table Runner that I am making with my newest   Accuquilt dies (affiliate link). ​

Ready for Quilting

The Snowflake-7" die (#55450) cuts three different snowflakes. Each one fits onto the large Hexagon-4 1/2" die (#55438). I thought it would be fun to make a table runner with three three snowflake hexagons. The fabric that I am using is from my stash. The white fabric has flecks of turquoise, lavender, and blue. I used it for the three snowflakes. See photo below.

Fabric and Snowflake and Hexagon Dies

I used my GO! Big electric cutter to cut the hexagons and snowflakes. It is really fast and easy to use. See photo below.

Cutting the Hexagons with the GO Big!

Before cutting the snowflakes, I ironed Heat 'n Bond to the wrong side of the fabric so that I could fuse the snowflakes in place on the hexagons for raw edge applique. I also cut 4 equilateral triangles using the coordinating equilateral triangle-4 1/2" die (#55429). The equilateral triangles allowed me to sew the hexagons together without y-seams. The preliminary layout is shown on the photo below.

Layout of Hexagons and Coordinating Equilateral Triangles

However before sewing the table runner together, I decided to sew down the snowflake's raw edges. I thought that it would be easier to do this before I sewed the hexagon's together. I used Sulky Holoshimmer thread as the upper thread and invisible thread in the bobbin. It is difficult to see this in the photo, but this thread gave a shiny finish to the snowflakes.

Close-up of One Snowflake

Then, I used the equilateral triangles to sew the hexagons together as shown in the photo below. It went together easily with no y-seams!

Snowflakes Sewn Together

Finally I added two borders (2" and 3" finished size) so that the table runner will finish at about 18" by 36".

Borders Added, Ready for Quilting

​Next, I will quilt the table Runner and bind it. Any suggestions on the quilting?  I think I will quilt around the appliques and quilt in the ditch, but what about those borders? I haven't decided yet,

Now it is your turn! You can link up your in-progress or completed piecing projects using the blue button with the frog below. Please note that the thumbnail photos and links will not show up on this page. You will need to click the blue frog button below to see the photos and links. This may be a little different from what you are used to.  The link up will be available until Monday, November 6, 2017 at midnight. If you prefer, you can also link up on Instagram using #PiecefulSundayatJANDABendQuilts. ​ 

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Please include a link to this page in the blog post that you are linking up. If you wish, you can include the Pieceful Sunday button as well. After linking up, I hope that you will stop by the posts of others to see their work. Encouraging comments are welcome. Quilters tend to be nurturing and supportive.  I am hoping that this Linky Party will help us establish an encouraging quilting group. 

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Happy Quilting!

This post was originally published by JANDA Bend Quilts.