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Hi everyone! I'm Jessica from Bespangled Jewelry.
Thank you for joining me today.
I've got a great project for you, making some
no-sew table runners
This one is made out of burlap, and I'm using these for my wedding decor.
I'm getting married in 3 weeks but I thought I'd take the time to make a quick video tutorial
and show you
how someone like me who doesn't know how to sew
and doesn't have a sewing machine
can make a professionally finished
wonderful
easy
quick
and cheap
awesome table runner.
Let's get started!
Determine the finished width you want your table runner to be by measuring the width
of your table.
The general guidelines are that the finished width of your table runner will be about half
the width of the table that you want to use it on.
The finished length is usually the length of the table plus an additional 12-15 inches
on each side.
Now that we have our finished size determined,
we need to add at least 1 inch to each edge
that would be 2 inches total -
to both the width and the length before we cut our fabric.
This will give us enough room to be able to finish the edges nicely.
A great trick for cutting burlap in a straight line
is to pull out one thread
at the width you want your cut fabric to be.
I'm making a 16 inch wide table runner, so I need to cut my fabric at 18 inches.
Continue to pull out that one thread all along the entire length of the fabric.
As you'll see, this will create a nice line for you to follow with your scissors
in order to cut straight.
After you've cut your fabric to size,
use a spray bottle with water to spritz to dampen along the edge.
Fold over a 1 inch section
I've used a marker to create a straight line to follow, but this isn't necessary.
Use the iron on the hottest setting that is safe for your fabric,
to press a crease.
After you have a crease,
you can use your fusible webbing.
Put it in place along the crease,
fold the fabric over it,
use a damp cloth or spritz a dry cloth over it,
and then use your iron again -
hold and press, without using the iron,
and count to 10 seconds.
For this step, when you're ironing through the cloth, you want to make sure the iron
is set to the 'wool' setting.
And it's a good idea to use a pale colored cloth so that your color doesn't bleed from
the cloth onto your fabric
(trust me on that one).
Following the instructions on the fusible webbing, flip the fabric over and repeat on
the other side of the fold.
Now just check to make sure that your fabric has fused evenly,
and if there are any spots that haven't, just repeat the process.
Now we're ready to do the length. It's exactly the same
spritz along the edge of the fabric and fold it over in about a 1 inch section.
And iron to press it in place.
Do this along the entire length of your fabric.
A good way to make sure that you keep a straight line as you go is to follow along one thread
and try to fold along that same thread all the way down the burlap fabric.
Now to make these corners a little less bulky,
I'm just going to cut at a 45 degree angle
before we fuse this fabric down.
And make it nice and neat.
Again we're going to follow the same process,
insert the fusible webbing,
inside the crease of the fabric, fold the fabric down over it,
and use a damp cloth and your iron to press all along
the entire length of the fabric.
Now flip the burlap over and do the same on the other side of the hem.
And go on to finish the other end, and the other edge one at a time.
It doesn't really matter which order you go in.
Don't forget to trim your corners at a 45 degree angle before you fuse the fabric down.
And when you're finished, you can just trim off any loose threads that might hang out,
and you're done!
Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed this project and that you'll take a minute to visit
my blog:
Bespangled.com/blog
where you'll find tons more of these crafty tutorials.
See ya next time!!