Last week I told you that I would be making a Granny’s Garden bedrunner and today I want to share more details.
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| Granny's Garden Bedrunner layout |
The
Granny’s Garden bedrunner will measure 78½” x 28½” (before quilting). It will compose of fourteen Granny’s Garden
blocks - which brings us to our first difficult decision – which blocks to
choose?
I have
decided on the following blocks:
Week 1 Block 1
Week 2 Block 5
Week 3 Blocks 9 and 11
Week 4 Blocks 14 and 16
Week 5 Block 20
Week 6 Block 24
Week 7 Block 27
Week 8 Blocks 31
Week 9 Block 33
Week 10 Blocks 37 and 39
Week 11 Block 41
My advice when choosing which blocks to include is not to get too tied up with it – any of the blocks
will look good. I have chosen my blocks so that they fall in line with Lori's sew-along itinerary.
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| You can find the SAL schedule on page 2 of the guide. |
Which
brings us onto the second difficult decision – what fabric to use? Of course you can use any fabric you like but
I shall be using Lori’s new line ‘Granny Chic’.
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| Granny Chic Fat Quarter Bundle from the Fat Quarter Shop |
I shall be cutting my
fourteen background squares from the fabrics suggested in the SAL guide for
blocks 1 to 14.
For the neutral cream circles I will be using an old favourite of mine – Kona Snow. I like the soft white/creaminess of this fabric.
For the neutral cream circles I will be using an old favourite of mine – Kona Snow. I like the soft white/creaminess of this fabric.
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| Any cream or white will do for the circles. |
I will be adding a
lightweight fusible interfacing to the back of the Kona Snow before I fuse and
cut my circles to reduce any fabric showing through but this is optional and
something I will discuss next week.
All cutting sizes for the chosen Granny’s Garden blocks will be as the pattern. However, on page 7 of the guide I will only need to cut 14 of the 10" squares and I will not need any other cream/white circles or squares ('Cloud Shabby' in the guide). The border for the bedrunner is as the pattern but will be cut half as deep so I will cut my border blocks as follows:
Eighteen 10½” x 4½” border blocks
Four 4½” corner squares.
(For the quick-fuse method I will not need to cut the interfacing squares and rectangles.)
I am machine stitching using the quick-fuse method therefore, I shall applique each circle onto the background square prior to adding the applique detail. If you are hand-stitching your applique you might like to follow Lori’s method whereby you applique the detail onto the circles before attaching them to the background squares.
I am machine stitching using the quick-fuse method therefore, I shall applique each circle onto the background square prior to adding the applique detail. If you are hand-stitching your applique you might like to follow Lori’s method whereby you applique the detail onto the circles before attaching them to the background squares.
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| Don't worry if the background fabric shows through a little - once the applique is added you won't notice it. |
I will share some tips on saving time and fusible webbing as we go along. So until next time ..................
