"Radiance" Flowers in Glass Bottles--More Table Runners/Wall Hangings/Table Toppers

I’ve now cut up all the floral arrangements from the panel in the “Radiance” fabric line by Clothworks.

Last week I shared a table runner with an outer border of one inch “postage stamp” blocks. This week I’ve made a several more pieces with simpler borders. I think the simpler borders also do a great job of complimenting the flowers.

In the piece above, I used 1 1/2 inch wide purple strips for the inner border and 2 “ wide strips for the outer leafy border.
I like the back of the piece as much as the front! Dual duty!

Reverse side of the yellow floral arrangements

In the piece below, I cut two sets of pink and purple strips at 1 1/4 inches.

Two sets of narrow pink and purple strips make the border of this part of the panel. 14 1/2 x 16 inches

This is the table topper that’s on my dining room table now. It’s a simpler version of the table runner in last week’s post.

A single border of 1 inch postage stamp blocks. 16 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches

It was so much fun think about lots of difference ways I could finish the blocks I cut out a single “Radiance” panel!

"Radiance" Flowers in Glass Bottles Table Runner

The panel from the panel from the “Radiance” fabric line by Sue Zipkin, printed by Clothworks.com, can be cut up into multiple smaller sections. This table runner is the largest grouping of bottles from the bottom third of the panel.

Here’s a picture of the full panel, taken from the Clothwork’s link above.

I added a green strip inner border which I cut at 1 inch wide and the middle yellow border which I cut at 1 1/2 half inches wide.

The checkerboard border is composed of “postage stamp” blocks which finish at 1 inch square. This is a great way to use up a collection of tiny 1 1/2 inch square cut from scraps.

My border was mostly cut from scraps and a bit of yardage. Rather than cutting tiny patches, I cut three 1 1/2 inch wide strips which I sewed together. I then cut the strips into 1 1/2 inch wide blocks which I sewed end-to-end. It was a lot quicker than sewing tiny individual squares.

The beauty of those tiny 1 inch border blocks, is that it was very easy to fit the border to the panel. All I had to do was to cut the pieces so that when the the panel section and the two plain borders were sewn together, they finished at an even full inch. Then it was guaranteed to match up with my border of 1 inch squares.

Here are some strips prior to sewing them together.

The backing of the table runner has one of the large purple print from the “Radiance” line. (See my previous post).

I quilted the borders by machine with the walking foot then did big stitch quilting by and around each of the bottle flower arrangements. I used #8 perle cotton to do the big stitch quilting. It slightly raises each of the bottles above the flat surface of the table runner.

It’s possible to make up to 5 wall hangings or table runners from each “Radiance” panel. That’s pretty amazing!

"Dogs at the Farmer's Market" Fabric Collection: Quick Projects

Here are a couple quick projects using the fabric I designed, "Dogs at the Farmers Market" available from Spoonflower.com.   I've listed fabric requirements and cutting directions but not sewing instructions.

Dogs at the Farmers Market Table Runner 14 x 35.5 inches

Fabric Supplies:

• 1 Fat Quarter Farmers Market Cherries
• 1 Fat Quarter Dogs at the Farmers Market
• 1/3 yard Width of Fabric  Kona® Cotton "Alegria" 405
• 1/2 yard x Width of Fabric fabric of your choice for back
• Scrap of quilt batting 14.5 x 36 "

Cutting Instructions:

Cherries at the Farmers Market

• Cut 2 rectangles 6.5 inches high x 14.5 inches wide
• Cut 1 rectangle 5 inches high x 5.75 inches wide

Dogs at the Farmers Market

• Fussy cut 2 rectangles 9.75 inches high x 14.5 inches wide

Kona® Alegria Solid Blue

• Cut 2 charms squares 5 inches x 5 inches
• Cut 3 binding strips the width you prefer 2 to 2.5 inches x width of fabric

Backing

• Cut 1 piece 15.5 inches high x width fabric of your choice

I assembled my table runner by the Quilt As You Go method, but it can be pieced any way you prefer.  If not using this method, piece the blocks, sandwich the table runner and quilt as desired.  Make a binding from the strips and sew it onto the table runner. Enjoy!

13.5 inch finished 9 Patch Block

Here is a 9 patch block using 5 x 5 inch squares.  This block finishes at 13.5 inches. 

Fabric Requirements

• 1 Fat Quarter  Paired Springers and Golden Retrievers
• 1 Fat Quarter   Farmers Market Cherries
• 1 5 x 5 inch Charm Square Kona® Cotton Alegria 405 or color of your choice

This could be one block in a quilt.  With a single Fat Quarter of the Paired Springers and Golden Retrievers you will be able make another block like this one using just Springer Spaniels or you could make 3 blocks mixing up the Springers and Golden Retrievers in each 9 patch blocks. 

I used my 9 Patch Block to make a pillow cover, using red ric-rac as a detail. Like the block, it finished at 13.5 inches, an odd size for a pre-made pillow form.  But a 14 inch pillow form with some stuffing removed works just fine!

13.5 inch Pillow Cover with Ric-Rac detail