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Quick Christmas Bells Table Runner Embroidery Project

By Pat Williams on November 25, 2020

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Some Experience

TIME REQUIRED

01:30

FINISHED SIZE

72 x 14 inches

Description

This table runner fits the bill when you need to whip up a quick gift for a friend or need a new table runner to complete your Christmas décor. Starting with a purchased table runner you can add these bells to both ends in about 1 ½ hours

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Materials

8” x 8” or larger embroidery hoop

Purchased table runner with snowflake edges – Target

Stabilizer to fit your 8” x 8” embroidery hoop or larger – see preface

White embroidery thread for the top and bobbin

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/cblr01

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

Please read the Tips while making this project. Embroidering on a purchased article makes the work go quickly, but there are a few items to watch for. Such as:
Stabilizer Tip: I used fibrous water-soluble stabilizer as I was going to wash this to remove the stabilizer after stitching. Luckily just before I was going to throw it in the wash, I picked up the tag that came with it and it said, “Spot clean only.” You may choose to use a tear away stabilizer, though picking it out of the back of the design may make it a little longer to complete. Or know that you will just leave the stabilizer on the back. Or look for a different table runner that is washable.

Step 1:

Fold the table runner in half and mark about 12” of dashes along the center fold at each end. Tip: Make you marks with something other than a Frixion pen, such as chalk, as the Frixion pen leaves a faint dye reaction after it is removed with an iron.

Step 2:

Print out a copy of the design and determine how high you want the bells to be on the table runner. Mark the table runner at the horizontal crossbars to use when hooping the table runner. Tip: Measure from the bottom of the table runner to the center of the design so you will be able to duplicate the placement of the design on the other end.

Step 3:

As this is a large design made of running stitches it is important to stabilize it tautly in the hoop, aligning your horizontal and vertical placement lines with the marks on your hoop. Us the stabilizer of your choice after reading the Stabilizer Tip in the preface. Tip: Adding a straight pin pushed through the fabric and stabilizer right up to all four sides of your hoop will prevent the slippage of the stabilizer and fabric.

Step 4:

Align the needle over the marked center of your design.

Step 5:

Run the single-color design. Then repeat on the other end of the table runner.

Step 6:

Trim or tear away the stabilizer depending on the type of stabilizer you used. Remove the pen or chalk lines following the manufacturer’s directions.

Step 7:

Congratulations your Quick Christmas Bells Table Runner is complete!

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Meet the Author: Pat Williams

Award winning Digitizer, Embroidery Educator, Author and a Consultant to the Industry, Pat Williams has 30 years of experience in the embroidery industry. Pat has won multiple awards for her digitizing expertise including the 2007 Impressions Awards Grand Championship, Best of Show as well as the 1st and 2nd Place Awards. Pat’s love of digitizing has afforded her the opportunity to write numerous articles for Impressions magazine in the United States and Images Magazine in Europe. In 2001 Pat was named “Embroidery Educator of the Year.” For many years Pat taught digitizing seminars at the ISS Shows in Long Beach, CA and for Compucon software. She now resides in Tucson, AZ.

Quick Christmas Bells Table Runner Embroidery Project

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