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Pinecone Table Runner Embroidery Project

By Pat Williams on September 21, 2021

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Beginner

TIME REQUIRED

02:00

FINISHED SIZE

13 x 72 inches

Description

This purchased table runner will fit into any décor with detailed pine cone designs stitched at each end. Make it, love it, gift it, for years of a beautiful holiday table. The larger version of this design is embroidered on this sample.

Project Preview Video

Materials

5” X 7” Embroidery Hoop

Purchased table runner: This one was available on Amazon listed as:

WIVOP Burlap Table Runner Farmhouse Style, 13 x 72 Inch Rustic Cotton Linen Table Runner with Tassel

Water-soluble embroidery topping such as Solvy®

Fibrous water-soluble stabilizer such as Wet N Gone®

Frixion® Heat removable fabric marker

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/pinc01

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

When purchasing your table runner look for one that is washable. As you will wash the table runner after it is completed to remove the water-soluble topping and stabilizer.

Step 1:

Press out any fold lines at both ends of the table runner.

Step 2:

Cut two each 15” x 10” rectangles of water-soluble topping and fibrous water-soluble stabilizer.

Step 3:

Tip: Keep your water-soluble topping wrapped in plastic when not in use, as exposure to heat and humidity will make it brittle and useless in keeping your stitches from sinking into fabrics.

Step 4:

Fold the table runner in half length wise and finger crease for a vertical line, measure up 5” from the fold and mark for the horizontal placement of the design. Hoop the project with one layer of water-soluble stabilizer on the bottom; the table runner; and then one layer of Solvy® on the top. Center your mark in the hoop.

Step 5:

For a multi-needle machine: Load the design into your machine and rotate it 180 degrees to have it sew upside down in the hoop. For a single needle machine rotate the design 90 degrees to the left to have the pinecones point towards the center of the table runner.

Step 6:

Load the hoop into the machine so that the fringed end will go towards the inside of the machine and the majority of the table runner will be off of the machine.

Step 7:

Stitch the design following the color chart.

Step 8:

Pull the Solvy® from the top of the table runner. Trim the back stabilizer around the design. Repeat Step 4 through Step 8 to embroider the other end.

Step 9:

Iron both ends to remove your pen markings.

Step 10:

Wash your table runner in cool water and medium dryer settings. Add some towels to the washer to keep the table runner tumbling. It will need to be ironed afterwards, but it will remove the stabilizer and topping from around the pine needles and the design. Congratulations you Pinecones Table Runner is complete!

For the love of embroidery…
Pat Williams

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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.