Ok again out of the same set of strips we’re going to make these trees. With the um a red
sashing, and you’ll notice on the very edge of this table runner, we’ve used the same
set of fabric and cut it as a binding. It makes a really cute little binding patch work
binding edge. So let me show you how I do those trees. I wish I could say this was more
scientific, but it’s really not. What I’ve decide is how tall I want my trees and then
how wide I want them. And some of it has to do with what size of a, of ruler I have at
the time on my table which were all you know we all just do what we have with what we’ve
got. So I’ve decided that I am going to make these trees about 12” wide. So I just
fold my fabric over. Let’s get it right there on the, on the 6. I make sure my little
seam edges are lined up with the seams on the next one, on the next piece of fabric,
the next strip that’s sewn. And what I do is I just when I decide how tall I want my
tree to be, notice the top little peak, you don’t want to end on a white fabric because
it will blend in with your white background. So this top little peak right here will be
the, a red top of the tree and that will be darling. And so what I do is I just slay my
ruler in a direction angle from the top to the bottom.
And I give that a cut. Let’s see if I got all those. There we go.
And look you have that darling little tree. Isn’t that cute? So we’re going to make
a couple more of those. And we’ll make them from the other side so that we use the bottom
half of our, um, triangles. So we use all of our fabric very well. So with, now we can
even use this piece as a template, and we can lay it on here like this. And you can
make your own paper templates, you can really do whatever you want. I am just showing how
I how I do this. I am kind of, I kinda reinvent the wheel all the time so. But it’s easy
to make a, a make a fun little project. Quick and easy project like this.
So then we, now we have our two trees. Now this one right here, because it comes down
to a strip that’s sewn, you will need to go ahead and pick that out and then you’ll
have your two trees. And I will show you how to make them a square. Now when you have the
fabric that you want to use for your background piece. You just take it and you make sure
that it has a straight edge on the bottom. Which I just cleaned that edge up right there.
I am going to turn it toward me. And then I am going to stand my tree on here. And I
am going to use the bottom edge of the tree. I am going to use this tree over here. I am
going to use the bottom edge of this tree on the bottom edge of the, of the fabric.
And you can see that this makes a square up here. We want these squares, we want these
to be, to cut these out so that we can set them in though, because we want them to be
sewn in not applicade on. So what we are going to do is, we’re going to go ahead and use
this tree as a template again. And we are going to cut right along this edge.
And this gives us, and we are going to cut a little bit about an inch taller, and then
we’ll going to take our ruler and cut across the top right here. And we’ll do the same
thing on the other side. Leaving enough room on the sides so that we can, we have enough
room to. There we go. Now what we’re looking for is not this piece here, but we’re looking
for the 2 triangles that are out here, because that’s what’s going to set our tree into
the middle. So let me get these out.
Whoops. There we go. Now I am going to turn this so it’s easier for me to cut cause
it makes it a little difficult cutting it the other direction with your, when you’re
left handed. So again I am going to cut off the tops of these. And then we’ll head to
the sewing machine. Alright there we go. Now we’ll line up these triangles so that they
lay together nicely. We’re going to flip it over. And we are going to leave a just
about a quarter of an inch on the bottom and a little bit extra on the top. And then we’re
going to stitch a quarter of an inch all the way down.
Make a nice clean seam. It’s always handy when you have a quarter of an inch foot. There
we go. Now we’re going to do the same thing on the other side. First we’re going to
press this open, just like this. See how we have the beginning of that set in Christmas
tree, that’s going to be so cute. Alright let’s head over to the ironing board. Now
here we lay this right down on top of here. And remember if you have the wide tree bottom,
you want the narrow part of the triangle up there. And so vice versa. Up here at the top,
where you have the narrow part of the tree you want the wide part of the triangle. So
now we’re just going to sew this side down and then we’ll show you the finished product
in just a minute. Ok, so here we are with our finished block.
We have squared it up, cleaned up the edges, and cut it to the size that we want. And then
we’re just going to put it together and it will end up just like this one. An adorable
little double tree. And look how much fabric we still have left out of this one jelly roll.
I could probably make a couple of trees out of this one. So, so far we have 2 table runners
and this big piece of fabric left. So you’re going to be able to do all kinds of fun things
with this jelly roll, this snow flower jelly roll. Ok, so now we’re at the point where
we have our 2 trees made and we want to boarder them or actually sash them. And so we’re
cutting, I’ve decided, again it’s all preference. That we want to do a 2 ½ “strip
because I want it to end up a 2 “strip. And so then we’ll again attach that to our
sides first, and then our, our top and bottom, and then we’re going to put that other tree
on the other side here, to make our long table runner. Or you could use this can stand alone
as a wall hanging, but either way, we’re going to do that. So then once we get this
on, we’re going to cut the binding. And if we’re going to use that patch work binding,
were going to use take our leftover piece of fabric, and were going to lay it out. And
were going to clean up that edge. So we have a nice edge and our top and bottom should
be even. I kinda, you can do it all in one long piece. I have a little, I don’t know
if it’s because I am left handed or just crazy, but I have a little trouble with control
of that ruler so I like to fold my fabric. And I do always do a 2 1/2”binding and so
I just pull it into 2 1/2“. And I am going to cut that strip.
And it will work just exactly like a regular binding. It’s really fun to make a patch
work binding. So you have all your little strips sewn together in a patch work piece.
We’ll take this to the ironing board, we’ll iron it in half, and we’ll attach it to
our quilt just like we do a normal binding. And it gives us this darling colorful edge.
So that’s the end of these two projects and our big jelly roll from Westminster Fabrics.
Merry Christmas.