In Stitches

Happy Holidays

Winter is a wonderful time to create warm quilted projects. If you’re new to quilting, you’ll find the Twisted Pole Table Runner is an easy but effective project to make. Set around the Maypole festivities and goes by other names, Ribbon Pole and Ribbon Dance. It’s an age-old popular design and I think you’ll love it. Make this for your Christmas setting, you can make smaller versions to use as placemats. For the Runner, draw a grid, 3 by 12 squares.

You will need

0.25m x 120cm wide fabric 0.25m 120cm wide fabric 0.25m 120cm wide fabric) 0.5m 120cm wide fabric for the back

0.25m 120 for border A pack of Fat Quarters will be great for a slightly smaller Cut your fabric into 4” Squares (10cm). You will need 36 in all. 18 squares needed for the ribbon 12 squares needed for the background 6 squares for the pole

Colour in your 3x12 grid as the diagram to help you. Sew a ribbon square to each of the background and pole squares (good sides together) like so, first marking a diagonal across the middle to help you, then cut the squares on the diagonal. When you open up each sewn piece, you will have sewn a new square made up of 2 different coloured triangles; Sew all your new squares together, in the order as on your grid and you will have created a patchwork ribbon pole. Cut the border fabric into 2”/5cm strips, sew this all the way around your patchwork. Press this all down and you can sew this onto a wadding or even Thermofleece to make your table runner heat proof, ready to take hot casserole dishes fresh from the oven. Place your backing onto the runner, good sides together, sew all the way around the edges, leaving a 10cm turning hole. Use 1cm seam allowance. Once you have turned the runner through, top stitch all around the edge. You can watch a video tutorial on Abi’s Den YouTube channel.

Have a wonderful time over the coming season and see you in the New Year! Stay Safe and Happy Sewing!

Abi x

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