hi I'm Sara from heirloom creations in this month we've been working with wedge rulers
they come in a variety of degrees 9 degree 10 degree and even other sizes and one of our most
popular projects in the store right now is the spicy spiral table runner and all it takes is
8 fat quarters and a 9 degree wedge ruler and I'm going to show you how we actually do that
there are other projects though that we are in the middle of working with from the new book
by Cheryl Phillips quilts without corners this is what I've got done so far isn't that amazing
and we'll show that in a different video coming up but right now I want to show you how you go about
getting this the very easy project so it's great even for beginners now for getting everything set
up from the 8 fat quarters you're going to cut a variety of different strips from each color
now you are going to want a number of these do you see what I have here numbered pins and those
are now available at heirloom creations 1 through 10 on this side 11 through 20 on this side quick
and easy open them and then you're not having to pin little pieces of paper to it also 2 we
best pressed all these pieces of fabric before we cut them out and we'll probably best press again
once we actually get our strip's sewed together so after we have them numbered and we know in
what order that you're going to do you're going to make 4 different strata says they're going
to cut be called all in the same order from light to dark or however you have them set up these are
going to be kind of a dark light dark if everyone is going to have a different look altogether we
have 4 different ones here if I'll ready to get cuts which I'm going to show you but prepping
your ruler the the wet rulers do not have any grippies on the back of these and the true grips
something new that we've had here there's these little circles that you can put on the back be
generous because once you start cutting you sure don't need that to be slipping on the side and
now it's a little pressure that won't slip at all alright once you get everything cut we'll
show you how once you've layered it everything will be layered in the order you sew because
they're going to be Criss crossed when you cut them they're exactly as you need you're going to
end up pulling one from one side one from the other one and they all go together perfectly
that's where we're headed for once you get all your pieces sewn together after they've been
cut with their wedges the the quilting can be super easy just stitch in the ditch it really
makes this look wonderful and on the back it's very simple on this one we stitched every other
wedge and then of course you're going to need to cut bias binding for getting around your curved
edges use the angle finder tool that is one of our most popular rulers we sell on the website it is
going to make so these weird sharp corners do not have any extra bulk as you're trying to make your
binding go around those you're going to have one on each end finesse into position so check out the
angle finder we have a video on how this works you'll think it's absolutely awesome all right
are you ready to see how we cut now we're ready to layer two of our stratas together on this fabric
we have kind of circles on one end and leaves on the other so that's how I'm kind of keeping track
here both pieces are right side up and opposite circles down below leaves on this side and these
are all pressed the seams are always pressed towards me so you'll need to make sure you're
pressing the right way when you get started I've also gave them an extra best press spray and it
is pretty bored stiff which is great so as those bias edges are cut in so they're really going to
hold together you need to make sure that your rotary cutter is sharp and on the newer side
so then every time you go around here it's it's an easy cut because you do have all the seams to
go through on the ruler or I should say in your pattern you're going to have of what levels what
lines you're going to follow because every time we do this we're going to make a shorter and shorter
cut I've got my pattern close by as I take a look at what I where I need to be for my first cut I'm
going to line this up along this bottom edge and I also take a peak credit up through the center
ruler and just make sure that I'm semi parallel to on these lines to the seams on my fabric so
once you start cutting you really don't want to stop you also want to clear your space I've
got this set up because once we do the wedges cut this way we need to cut them from the other
side I'm going to actually turn the rule or when I'm all said and done I've also positioned so I
can walk I can actually walk on this side of the cutting cutting table so I have a good angle and
I'm not trying to cut towards me here so are we ready all right first cut here we go and if one
of those a check check each time before you cut you're cutting all the way through come across
the top part here I don't go too far because we are going to need to get wedges off this end here
so now I can come on this side of my cutting area and cut back down towards the base all right this
is how it should look as we want don't move your base fabric because we need to keep that intact
for our other cuts that is our first wedge right and then we're going to continue line up your
next one right along as close as you can to your first cut here that can make sure you're fairly
perpendicular to all your seams and each one we cut we do a little bit shorter each time again
your pattern will have all the exact measurements all noted for you all right here we go
you
for the second strata we do the exact same thing just with following different numbers
for continuing to cut the same color is right right-side up here layered with the other one
also right-side up underneath we're just going to continue cutting the rest of the
pieces and then we'll layer them up and then I'll show you how we get to go in for the Zoe
you
ready for the best part this is how you're going to start sewing it together
each time you pick up a wedge it's got a partner so each one is going to go to
its previous piece let me just lay out a few of these so you can kind of see how it's going
to look once we get it stitched together now being that I'm a garment so are first and not
a quilter I'm always wanting to sew down towards the point but because we are lining this edge up
that's our go-to line it actually really didn't matter I kind of went against the grain as it's
called when I started to stitch these together and it really was okay because we are going to
quilt it once it's all said and done can you see how this is coming out that's going to just start
curving together so you just keep doing you're going to create each half and once you have one
half done the other half done then you just put them together last seam is just finishing
the table runner all together this project can be done probably within like three hours of the top
and then the quilting to be added layer so you just keep going until you have all your strips
sewn together enjoy this wonderful pattern it is available on our website that you we can ship it
to you and if you'd like eight fat quarters to go with it just ask it's a blast thanks for watching