Level: Intermediate
Time: 5 hours

This is the perfect project for trying out the new Free Motion Quilting foot and Bobbin Holder for the MC11000 and 6600p!

This lovely wallhanging is perfect for behind your bed or a sofa -- or showcase it as a tablerunner. You can modify the fabrics to suit any decor or season. Place embroidery in the center of the altered diamond shapes to customize the mood of the piece. Try out your machine's decorative stitches by embellishing along the strips!

Janome Supplies Required
Any Janome Embroidery machine and appropriate hoops (if including center embroidery designs)
Any Janome Sewing machine (if choosing the appliqué-only version) – Louisa and Lisa used the Memory Craft 6600P
Janome pre-wound bobbins
Janome embroidery thread in colors to match fabrics
¼” Seam foot O
Darning foot P2 (for free-motion quilting)
This is the perfect project to try the new Free Motion Quilting Foot for the Memory Craft 6600P and 11000!
Open Toe foot for AcuFeed (for quilting between strips)
¼” Seam foot for AcuFeed (for sewing binding)

Fabric and Notions Required
Eighteen 1 ½” x length of fabric strips (choose fabrics that range from light to dark)
1 yard coordinating background fabric (make sure it is light enough to show appliqué or embroidery)
Four 1 ¾” x length of fabric strips (for binding)
All-purpose sewing thread in colors to match fabrics
8” Flowing Ribbon Template (Purchase your template at www.Quiltescapes.com, or you can create your own flowing ribbon template according to the diagram below. NOTE: draw a line from the center of the 90 degree angle of the template, at 45 degrees, to show the center of the template.)

Step One: The Strata 1. Lay out strips so colors run from light to dark and back to light.
2. Use the ¼” seam foot O. Small stitch is preferred (about 1.5 to 1.7) because we are counter cutting these strips later and do not want them to come apart! Lay strips in correct color order on your work table.
3. Sew strip #1 to strip #2, iron seam open and put back on table. Take strip #3 and sew to strip #4, iron seam open and put back on table. Continue to sew in pairs until all 18 strips are done.
4. Go back and take first pair (#1 & # 2) and sew to second pair (#3 & #4). Iron seam open.
5. Put back on work table. Continue in this fashion, until all the strips are sewn together and all seams are ironed open! Refer to the diagram below if necessary. Use a little spray starch if you like.
6. We now have our strata (set of 18 sewn strips) completed.

Step Two: The Shapes
1. From your coordinating background fabric cut 12 Flowing Ribbon shapes, using the template and a rotary cutter. Lay them on the straight of grain and make sure you do not reverse your template! You should cut 12 pieces out of this fabric.
Tip: Please make sure 90 degree angle on the template is on the left side, and place it on the right side of fabric.
2. You are now going to cut the remainder 12 Flowing Ribbon shapes out of your strata.
In order to get the 12 shapes from your strata you are going to have to follow these directions exactly:
3. Lay your strata right side up and place the Flowing Ribbon template on top, (the 90 degree angle of template is on your left side!) line up center line of the template with the middle seam line of your strata.

4. Now place your template by lining up the curved side of template at the top edge of strata; in other words point down on center seam.
5. For the next piece to be cut, you need to have the placed point side up. From now on we need to place the template either point to point or curve to curve, until there are 6 pieces cut. There will be a slight space between the two curved shapes.
6. Continue this procedure of switching the template (always placing the center line on the center seam) and cut 3 sets of the Flowing Ribbon shapes.
Tip: Please make sure to place template on the right side of fabric and that your template is not reversed.
7. You now have to re-piece your left over strata pieces, last strip to first strip and you will have enough strata created again to cut out your remainder 6 shapes.

8. Following the same procedure as above. This secondary set of shapes will give you the color variation you need.
9. Now lay out the blocks as in sample.

Step Three: The Sewing
You are now ready to sew your composition into blocks, by sewing the double curves.
Because there are two curves to sew you are going sew this in two steps.
Tip: The center line of your template marks the halfway point.
1. I always prefer to sew with the side (or the bite!) on top and the curve (or the belly) on the bottom. Pin only one curve this way to the halfway mark and sew. Turn over and pin remainder or second curve and sew. Do this for all the blocks. You have now created 12 blocks, sew together the blocks in rows and then sew rows to each other to create your 12 block table runner.
2. Once the tablerunner is sewed together, you will need to stay-stitch the edges as follows:
Stitch about 1/8” from the outer edge with a large (4.0) stitch on all of the four sides. This large stitch will enable you to shrink the bias edges of the tablerunner by pulling on some of the stitches. When you are satisfied that the tablerunner is even and flat, press the edges.

Step Four: The Embellishing:
Machine embroidery or machine appliqué can really enhance this piece. If your machine is a Janome 11000: Use any embroidery design you desire. Use color threads to coordinate with fabrics used. Please use a stabilizer! We have used Design #16 SQ: for Hoop SQ for our center blocks.

Step Five: The Quilting
1. Sandwich the runner, batting and backing with safety pins and start quilting. We have used Design #19: for Hoop SQ, a feathered wreath on the two outer blocks.
2. For the quilting of the stripped blocks use your Acufeed Open Toe Foot and desired thread and use decorative and quilting stitches to stitch in the middle of your strips. This is an easy and very effective way to quilt and show off those wonderful stitches!
3. We have also quilted inside the plain fabric blocks to outline those wonderful curved edges.

Step Six: The Finishing.
Directions for Artist binding:
1. Using the four 1 3/4"” x width of fabric pieces – Piece if needed two strips to exact width of runner and two strips to exact length of runner.
2. Miter the corners towards the inside, lay on top of right side of runner, right sides touching and stitch all around. Now cut off the corners and turn towards back of runner, press and hand sew in place. Press again.
3. Pin the frame of your artist binding to the front of the runner and stitch all around.
4. Change back to your Dual Feed foot to attach the binding. Sew all the way around ¼” from the edge, fold over and hand sew in place.