Mini Room Makeover with a Modern Dresden Columns Quilt for Display on a Table or a Wall

Mini Room Makeover with a Modern Dresden Columns Quilt for Display on a Table or a Wall

Instantly update any room in your home by simply changing out your wall hanging or table runner! Give your room a mini makeover for the new year and stitch our Dresden Columns Quilt with a modern twist. Crosswise fabric strips, Dresden wedges, and a few fabric squares make this an easy piecing project–even for beginners! The 23″ x 39″ quilt size is ideal for display on a table, or on a wall, you decide!

Watch Stitch it! Sisters Program 102: Dresden Columns Table Runner

Learn how easy it is to sew one of our favorite Table Runners! Watch Stitch it! Sisters Program 102: Dresden Columns Table Runner video with hosts Deanna Springer and Dana Casey. In this video, the Stitch it! Sisters share step-by-step fabric cutting and sewing techniques for making NZP’s Dresden Columns Table Runner or Wall Hanging Project.

Then, head over to ShopNZP.com and purchase our exclusive Dresden Columns Table Runner or Wall Hanging Bundle Box! This Bundle Box features an array of jewel-toned light, medium, and dark fabrics for amazing contrast: Dramatic colorful Shades by Riley Blake Designs. The Bundle Box also includes backing and binding fabric, plus batting and pattern–with full-color step-by-step instructions! You’ll supply the thread.

Dresden Columns Table Runner or Wall Hanging Sewing Tutorial

Approximate finished size: 23″ x 39″

Dresden Columns Table Runner or Wall Hanging Tools & Supplies

• Exclusive Dresden Columns Table Runner or Wall Hanging Bundle Box
• I Sew For Fun Heart Shaped Straight Pins
• Clover’s Pin ‘n Stow Magnetic Wrist Pin Cushion and/or I Sew For Fun Heart-Shaped Magnetic Covered Pin Caddy
• Clover’s 7-3/4″ Bordeaux Ultimate Shears
• I Sew For Fun Sew Safe Presser Foot or 1/4″ Quilting Presser Foot
• The Ultimate Quilt ’n Stitch Presser Foot
• Clover’s Straight Tailor’s Awl/Stiletto
• Quilter’s Starch Savvy
• Tailor’s Clapper
• Clover’s Rotary Cutter and Mat, & Ruler
• Schmetz Size 90/11 Chrome Quilting Needles
• Optional: Quilt Basting Spray
• Optional: Schmetz Size 90/14 Super Nonstick Sewing Machine Needles

Create Column Strips

Pre-shrink fabrics by steaming and pressing, and steaming and pressing a second time, and then spray press and starch fabric with June Tailor’s Quilter’s Starch Savvy — press and starch, press and starch.

All seam allowances are scant 1/4″ unless otherwise stated. Read all instructions prior to beginning project.

Cut Column Strips

• Bottlegreen Cotton Shades: Cut one 6-1/4″ crosswise strip, cut five 2-1/2″ crosswise strips, cut three 2-1/2″ squares.

The following illustrations show 42″ wide fabrics.

• Cobalt Cotton Shades: Cut one 6-1/4″ crosswise strip, cut two 2-1/2″ crosswise strips, subcut one 2-1/2″ square from end of 6-1/4″ one crosswise strip.

If using fat quarters for the column fabric strips, cut double crosswise fabric strips to create 40/41″ column strips. Place strips right sides together, in pairs. Pin at one short edge. Stitch. Press seams to one side.

• Fuschia Cotton Shades: Cut three 1-1/2″ crosswise strips, cut one 2-1/2″ square.

• Reserve remaining Fuschia Cotton Shades fabric for binding.

Cut Dresden Column Wedges and Squares

• Stack three fabrics: D-Teal Cotton Shades, E-Burgundy Cotton Shades and F-Grape Cotton Shades.

• Cut one 6-1/4″ crosswise strip from each fabric.

• Subcut one 2-1/2″ square from end of each of the three crosswise fabric strips.

Make the Dresden Wedges

• Stack random pairs of the 6-1/4″ crosswise fabric strips; A-Bottlegreen Cotton Shades, B-Cobalt Cotton Shades, D-Teal Cotton Shades, E-Burgundy Cotton Shades and F-Grape Cotton Shades.

• Trace Dresden wedge template (page 6 of the pattern) on paper. Cut out paper template.

• With fabric marking pen, trace Dresden wedge template on crosswise fabric strip pairs, rotating template 180º as needed to trace six Dresden wedges from each fabric.

• Using a rotary cutter and ruler, cut six Dresden wedges from each of the five fabrics, cutting on traced lines.

To make the following step easier, randomly place the Dresden Wedges within the column. The illustrations depict the featured Table Runner but you are welcome to personalize the design.

Prepare Dresden Wedge Column for Quilt

• Lay out, assemble and stitch the Dresden wedges according to diagram for the column.

• Alternate Dresden shape to create a parallelogram shaped column.

Stitch Dresden wedges together in pairs.

• Align the right sides and edges of the Dresden wedges, creating a slight V shape.
• Pin.

• Align the edge of the sewing machine’s presser foot with the edge of the fabric. Stitch the seam. The first and last stitches should land at the V shapes created by the overlapping seam allowances.

• Press seams open.

To set seams, press with a steam iron. After pressing, place a Tailor’s Clapper over the pressed area and apply even pressure.

• Continue adding Dresden wedges until column is complete.

• Using a rotary cutter and ruler, trim column length to 39″.

Prepare Floating Squares Column for Quilt

• Subcut one 2-1/2″ crosswise fabric strip A-Bottlegreen Cotton Shades into: One 2-1/2″ x 20″ and one 2-1/2″ x 7″

Create Subsets:

• Place Fabric A-Bottlegreen Cotton Shades 20″ strip to Fabric E-Burgundy Cotton Shades 2-1/2″ square, right sides together.
• Pin at one short end.

• Place Fabric A-Bottlegreen Cotton Shades 7″ strip to Fabric B-Cobalt Cotton Shades 2-1/2″ square, right sides together.
• Pin at one short end.

• Place one Fabric A-Bottlegreen Cotton Shades 2-1/2″ square to Fabric C-Fuchsia Cotton Shades 2-1/2″ square, right sides together.
• Pin.

• Place one Fabric A-Bottlegreen Cotton Shades 2-1/2″ square to Fabric F-Grape Cotton Shades 2-1/2″ square, right sides together.
• Pin.

Stitch subsets:

• Stitch one short edge, of each subset pair.

Kiss one subset pair to the other and chain stitch from one subset pair to the next. Clip threads between subset pairs.

• Press seams to darker fabric.

• Following diagram, place four subsets, and one remaining Fabric A-Bottlegreen Cotton Shades 2-1/2″ square, end to end to create column.

• Place subsets right sides together, in pairs, pin.
• Stitch the short edges.

• Press seams toward dark fabric.

Arrange and Join Columns for the Quilt

• Using the diagram, join Columns 1–11 to finish piecing the table runner top.

• Trim each column strip to 39″ in length.

• Place column strips right sides together, in pairs. Pin.
• Stitch.

• Press seams flat, then to one side.

Layer, Quilt, and Bind

• Layer finished quilt top on batting and backing fabric. Quilt Layers using your favorite quilting techniques.
• Finish your quilt, using your favorite binding technique or use Nancy Zieman’s Favorite Quilt Binding Method!

Use the Ultimate Quilt ’n Stitch Presser Foot to straight-line machine quilt your Dresden Columns Quilt. Easily Stitch multiple parallel rows of quilting – without marking lines, and echo stitch inside floating squares.

Dresden Columns Table Runner or Wall Hanging Tools & Supplies

• Exclusive Modern Floating Triangles Wall Hanging and Table Runner Bundle Box
• I Sew For Fun Heart Shaped Straight Pins
• Clover’s Pin ‘n Stow Magnetic Wrist Pin Cushion and/or I Sew For Fun Heart-Shaped Magnetic Covered Pin Caddy
• Clover’s 7-3/4″ Bordeaux Ultimate Shears
• I Sew For Fun Sew Safe Presser Foot or 1/4″ Quilting Presser Foot
• The Ultimate Quilt ’n Stitch Presser Foot
• Clover’s Straight Tailor’s Awl/Stiletto
• Quilter’s Starch Savvy
• Tailor’s Clapper
• Clover’s Rotary Cutter and Mat, & Ruler
• Schmetz Size 90/11 Chrome Quilting Needles
• Optional: Quilt Basting Spray
• Optional: Schmetz Size 90/14 Super Nonstick Sewing Machine Needles

For a chance to be the random winner of Stitch it! Sisters 5″ Fabric Short Stack with S!S button & sticker, please leave a comment below sharing what projects you’re sewing this winter!

Nancy Zieman Productions will give away one Stitch it! Sisters 5″ Fabric Short Stack to one US resident in the 48 contiguous states. Winner must reply within 30 days to the official giveaway announcement email message – sent from Nancy Zieman Productions.

The randomly selected winner of an I Sew For Fun Hand-Sewing Needles with Heart-Shaped Case, from Clover, from the January 14 Blog Post, Two-Layer Turtleneck Scarf Sewing Tutorial and Stretch Jersey Knit Color Palette Packs – Curated by the Stitch it! Sisters, is Cathy Barron.

Her comment is: I really like the container for storing the needles, and the shape keeps it from rolling away (and naturally into inconveniently accessible places!). I have always been pleased with the quality of these needles, and this giveaway would be a nice addition to my collection.

Happy Quilting!

Team Nancy Zieman

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