Lorna’s Free Watermelon Table Runner Pattern!
Hello all you quilty and crafty people!
Sew pleased to be Caroline’s guest today at SewCanShe!
I consider Caroline to be my number one source for all things sewn.
She’s friendly, fun and such a wonderful fountain of inspiration!
My name is Lorna, a modern quilter, designer and author of the Sew Fresh Quilts blog.
Today, I will be sharing the Sweet Watermelon Table Runner tutorial.
- Finished runner is approximately 60″ x 12″
- Fabric requirements are based on a 42” Width of Fabric and are for the bare minimum needed to complete this project and do not account for miscuts. These measurements are for the exact amount needed with absolutely no overage.
- All seams are sewn with right sides facing, using a ¼” seam.
- Press all seams open unless stated otherwise.
- Press all seams as you go.
Runner Fabric Requirements
Red/pink Watermelon – 1/8 yard
Red/pink on white (small scale flower print) OR White plain – 1/8 yard
Green (rind fabric) – 1/8 yard
Background fabric (ants print) – 3/4 yard
Yellow (binding) – 1/4 yard
Backing to cover 65” x 18”
Quilt batting measuring 65” x 18”
Table Runner Cutting Instructions
Red/pink Watermelon fabric:
Cut (1) 4.5” WOF (Width of Fabric) strip
Subcut into (12) Equilateral Triangles (should get 12/strip) * See tutorial notes below *
Red/pink on white (small scale flower print) OR White plain fabric:
Cut (3) 1.5” WOF strips
Green (rind) fabric:
Cut (3) 1.5” WOF strips
Background fabric (ants print)
Cut (3) 6.5” WOF strips
Subcut into (22) Equilateral Triangles (should get 8/strip) * See tutorial notes below *
Cut (4) 1.5” WOF strips for the borders
AND Subcut (1) of the 1.5” strips into (4) pieces (approximately 10.5” long)
AND Subcut (1) of the 1.5” strips into (2) pieces (approximately 21” long)
Yellow (Binding) fabric:
Cut (4) 2.25” WOF strips
For a great tutorial on Cutting Equilateral Triangles go to https://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.ca/2014/01/equilateral-triangle-quilt-tutorial.html
For a great tutorial on Piecing Equilateral Triangles go to https://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.ca/2014/01/equilateral-triangle-quilt-tutorial_28.html
Table Runner Assembly Instructions
Step 1
Sew the Green Rind and Red/pink on white (small scale flower print) OR White plain together along the length and press open.
Step 2
Cut the Green & Red/pink on white (small scale flower print) OR White plain strip units into 4 pieces each (approximately 10” lengths).
Step 3
Sew these 10” lengths onto the bottoms of your Red/pink Watermelon triangles. And trim your triangles.
Step 4
Set aside (4) of the watermelon pieces. Arrange your remaining triangles, as shown. And sew the triangles into two rows.
Step 5
Sew the (2) 21” strips of border fabric to the (2) full WOF border strips, end to end.
Step 6
When sewing on the borders, make sure to leave at least a 1” overhang on the ends. Sew the 10.5” border pieces on the ends of
the (4) watermelon triangles that were set aside in Step 4. Press seams open and trim as you did in Step 3. Sew the long borders on the sides of the rows. Press seams toward outside border on the long row pieces and trim as you did in Step 3.
Step 7
Sew the triangles onto the ends of the rows.
Step 8
Sew the two rows together to complete the top.
Step 9
Sandwich the Backing, Batting and Top. Baste. And quilt.
Step 10
Apply the binding. Enjoy!
Thank you to Caroline – and to the readers of SewCanShe – for allowing me to share with you!
Comments and questions are encouraged.
Let’s hear what you think of today’s tutorial!
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Thank you so much Lorna! These are all so cute. Your instructions were clear and easy to follow.
Love it Lorna! I like all three items, but I think the hexagon mat is my favorite. Great job on the tutorial. Looks refreshing and summery too.
Oh these are really fun, thanks Lorna for the pattern! And Caroline thanks for a great blog!
I love your project – thanks so much for sharing!
Great tutorial, thanks!
Thank you so much. I LOVE that table topper, especially.
Thank you Lorna for a great tutorial. And Caroline as always you did a great job in picking out a great blogger for us to read about and learn from…..
Wonder where one could purchase the material with the ants? Love this.
This is adorable! I love that hexagon table topper.
Oh, My Gosh, Lorna ~ these are just totally cute!! I’m grabbing the pattern ~ thanks so much!!
Really lovely mats, Lorna, and thanks for making the tutorial easy for a beginner. ants, though, never seen so many!! very good!
Thank you Caroline for all the help you offer!
Love the Watermelon placemats, table runner and table topper!! Subscribed!
Have subscribed and downloaded the pattern. It is so cute Thanks
Can you tell us where you found the ant fabric please? That just makes this sooo much cuter. Thank you for sharing your great talent with us.
fabric.com had some (it’s currently sold out) but etsy has some: https://www.etsy.com/listing/54432905/white-and-black-ant-print-cotton-fabric?utmsource=google&utmmedium=productlistingpromoted&utmcampaign=supplieslow&gclid=CL_wwOi5470CFenm7Aod7HUA-A
I have a limited supply of the ant fabric for sale in my Etsy shop, Joyce. Follow this link!
https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SewFreshQuilts
Beautiful!
Wow,three super sweet patterns! Yes please 🙂 I love them all. Thank you for the tutorial and the patterns as well!
I have a limited supply of the ant fabric for sale in my Etsy shop, Joyce. Follow this link!
https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SewFreshQuilts
Was this a limited time offer for all three pdf patterns on the Sweet Watermelon Table Decor? I have been all over her website looking for the pdf patterns, by following the above given link and searching the website and cannot find that bundle. I can find the patterns individually on Craftsy but not in a bundle and not free.
Hi Ann, yes unfortunately those patterns were only free for a limited time. Lorna is now selling the bundle in her Craftsy shop. Thanks for asking!
Caroline
This is such an original design, I love it! The ants fabric makes it even better 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial.
I featured it on my blog today, click this link to see it: <a href="https://www.sewingshop.net/blog/quilted-watermelon-table-runner/">https://www.sewingshop.net/blog/quilted-watermelon-table-runner/</a>
This is so cute and bright. The fabric choices are perfect for the pattern, especially the ants! Love this 🙂
I made this as my first real quilting project (I had made some small things with a few pieces before). It came out very nice and really wasn’t very difficult. Unlike most of the other commentators, I am not enamored of ants and didn’t like the idea of them crawling around on my table, so I used a white-on-white print for the background. It’s a lot of white, and much less busy looking, but still a very pretty look. The quilting shows up beautifully. I used a batik very similar, if not exactly the same as, the pink she used for the watermelon. It was significantly thinner than the other fabrics, which were quality quilting cottons. My advice is to starch the heck out of those little pink triangles; starch the fabric before cutting. The white triangles, made of a heavier cotton, were fine and kept their shape, but that pink batik got pretty wonky. I used a pretty green lattice print for the backing, so it’s reversible. It’s very summery and bright on my table. No pictures allowed in these comments or I’d post one.
Great advice… Thanks for sharing it! You could post a picture on our next Show off Saturday Linky Party. 🙂
I also machine embroidered some seeds on the pink triangles in dark brown, and a few cream colored ones here and there. If you’re so inclined to spend the time, they look really good.