Patchwork Heart Runner By Marie Duncan

It’s all about patchwork!!!! This layered heart runner uses design #400136001 from www.myembroideries.com. The heart design is the 2013 February Free Monthly Design, #400136001. It is free for the month of February 2013 from www.myembroideries.com. Click on the link, Free Monthly Design, on the HUSQVARNA VIKING® website to download it. When you get to the Checkout, enter the coupon code freefeb2013 in the box. Click Apply. After February 2013, the design will be available for purchase on www.myembroideries.com.

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200mm x 200mm Quilter’s Hoop Clear Open Toe Foot Edge Stitching Foot INSPIRA® embroidery needle, size 90 INSPIRA® Cut-A-Way Light stabilizer INSPIRA® Light & Soft Fuse-On stabilizer INSPIRA® Tear-A-Way Light stabilizer Assorted cotton scraps fabrics for patchwork (see description below) 2 yards tone on tone red cotton for base fabric and binding ½ yard of fabric 1 for heart A

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½ yard of fabric 2 for heart B Warm and Natural Cotton Batting Steam-A-Seam II sheets Robison-Anton 40 wt. rayon embroidery thread Sewing thread Bobbin thread Pinking shears Chalk marker or fabric marking pen

Fabrics:

We used a variety of different fabrics for our hearts. The patchwork pieces need to be large enough to cover the defined areas plus ¼” seam allowace. The first color of the embroidery design stitches out the patchwork areas. Find the patch you are working on and then find a scrap larger than the defined area.

Cut:

From base fabric: Two pieces 14” wide x 52” long for base and backing Four strips 2¾” long x width of fabric for binding From cotton batting: One piece 14” x 52”

Embroider:

1. Hoop Cut-A-Way Light stabilizer in your 200mm x 200mm hoop. 2. Insert a size 90 embroidery needle. 3. Thread with sewing thread top and bobbin. Note: You will use this thread for the entire embroidery. Do not change thread at the color changes. 4. Stitch color 1. This traces the patchwork shapes. 5. Place fabric over patch A, right side up. 6. Stitch color 2. 7. Trim ¼” outside the stitching for a ¼” seam allowance. 8. Place fabric over patch B, right side up. Once you have determined that it is the correct size, flip it over so the wrong side of the fabric is up. Align so that the edge of the fabric extends ¼” or more over the line between A and B.

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9. Sew Color 3, stitching the B patch in place. 10. When the stitching is complete, flip the fabric over so it is right side up and covers B. Finger press the seam. 11. Place fabric over patch C, right side up. 12. As before, flip it up and place over patch B, letting the fabric extend ¼” over the line between B and C. 13. Stitch color 4. 14. Place fabric over patch D, right side up. 15. Flip to wrong side and place over patches A, B and C letting the fabric extend ¼” over the line. 16. Stitch color 5. 17. Place fabric over patch E, right side up. 18. Flip to wrong side and place over patch A letting the fabric extend ¼” over the line. 19. Stitch color 6. 20. Be sure to trim any extra fabric out of the point of the heart so it doen’t get caught in the next stitching. Color 7 will stitch around the outside of the heart, securing all the fabric edges. 21. After color 7 is complete, place Light & Soft Fuse-On over the embroidery with the “glue” side up. Stitch color 8. 22. Remove from the hoop and trim around the heart with pinking shears. Note: Using pinking shears to trim around a curved edge eliminates the need for clipping the curve. If you trim with regular scissors, you will need to clip the curves as well. 23. Clip into the inside corner at the top of the heart. 24. Cut a 2” slit in the center of the Light & Soft Fuse-On stabilizer. 25. Turn and press. The Light & Soft Fuse-On will fuse the edges together giving you a nice, crisp edge. 26. Repeat process for a total of 5 patchwork hearts.

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Sew:

1. Trace five of heart A and five of heart B onto the side of Steam-A-Seam II that does NOT remove easily.

2. Place the traced A hearts on the wrong side of fabric 1 and the traced B hearts on the wrong side of fabric 2. 3. Press lightly with a dry iron. 4. Cut out the hearts. 5. Mark a line using chalk down the lengthwise center of one of the 14” x 52” rectangles. 6. Place the first B heart on the 14” x 52” fabric 2” down from one short edge. 7. Press with steam to fuse in place. 8. Position the next heart below the first one, leaving about ¼” between the two. 9. Press with steam to fuse in place. 10. Repeat for the remaining three hearts. 11. Place one A heart on top of each of the B hearts and fuse in place. 12. Thread with 40 wt. Robison-Anton thread on top and bobbin thread in the bobbin. 13. Snap on your Clear Open Toe Foot.

14. Select stitch D1:6

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15. Center a patchwork heart on top of one of the A hearts; pin. Place Tear-A-Way Light stabilizer underneath the layers. 16. Stitch the patchwork heart in place. Remove the excess stabilizer from the back. 17. Repeat for the remaining hearts. 18. Place the runner right side up on top of cotton batting and layer it with the 14” x 52” backing (right side facing out). Safety pin baste the layers together. 19. Sew the blanket stitch, D1:6, around the fused hearts. 20. Select right justified straight stitch, A1:3

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21. Snap on your Edge Stitching Foot. 22. Align the edge of the runner with the edge of the foot. 23. Stitch around the runner to secure the edges together. 24. Stitch your binding pieces end to end to form one long strip. 25. Bind your runner. Bring on the chocolate, Valentines Day is ready to happen!

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