Patriotic Table Topper Sewing Tutorial by the Stitch it! Sisters

Approximate finished size: 18″ Diameter

Create the Inner Circle

•  Using Clover’s 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge, or a salad bowl, trace a 6″ circle on “inner circle” fabric.

• Cut one 6″ circle from “inner circle” fat quarter.
• Cut one 6″ circle from “under circle” fat quarter.
• Cut two 6″ circles from scrap cotton batting.

• Fold “under fabric circle” right sides together, meeting edges. Using Bordeaux Scissors, cut a 2-1/2″ slit opening near center circle.

• Place fabric circles right sides together. Stack and place both batting circles to wrong side of outer fabric circle. Wonder Clip layers together.

• Using 1/4″ seam allowance, stitch around entire outer circle. Backstitch at beginning and ending of seam.

• Press.

• Trim away batting layers seam allowances.

• Notch seam allowance, or trim seam allowance using pinking shears, or 45mm rotary cutter with pinking blade.

• Turn circle right side out through opening, and use Point 2 Point Turner to smooth edges while turning.

• Press. Set aside.

Create Outer Strips

• Cut seven 2-1/2″ crosswise fabric strips from each of three fat quarters: Cut seven red strips, seven white strips, and seven blue strips. Cut a total of twenty-one strips – each measuring approximately 2-1/2″ x 21″.

If using 2-1/2″ Precut Fabric Strips, select Four Coordinating fabric strips each assorted darks, mediums, and lights! This will give you table topper with an approximate finished size: 20″ Diameter.

• Place crosswise fabric strips right sides together, offsetting short ends, and stitch diagonally between right angles.

• Seam fabric strips together with diagonal seams, stitching all twenty-one strips in to one continuous strip.

• Press seams flat, then press seams open.

• Trim away excess seam allowance.

• Cut batting strip narrow end at a 45° angle. Fold narrow fabric strip end, wrong sides together, at a 45° angle. Press.

• Place 2-1/2″ batting strip to wrong side of fabric strip. Place batting strip about 3″ in from fabric fold.

• Fold long strip edges towards center of batting strip.

• Fold again, meeting long edges wrong sides together. Wonder Clip layers together.

Fold fabric strips, meeting long edges and Wonder Clip layers together – along the entire continuous fabric strip. Or, if you have just a few Wonder Clips, fold layers – and clip as you sew. 

• Set Sewing machine for a 3.0 straight stitch, attach an Open Toe Presser Foot, insert a new Schmetz Size 90 Jeans/Denim Needle, and edgestitch along long open edge.

• Complete sewing continuous fabric strip by cutting narrow end at a 45° angle. Cut batting strip end at  45° angle, and 1″ shorter than fabric. Fold fabric strip end up, wrong sides together.

• Continue stitching to end of strip and stop with needle down. Lift presser foot, pivot, and stitch across short end of fabric.

• Tuck folded end of fabric strip under center circle. Note: The stitching line on the fabric strip will be located to the right.

• Set sewing machine for a wide zigzag stitch, and stitch fabric strip to inner circle. After stitching about an inch, gradually reveal entire width of strip and continue stitching – meeting circle edge to edge of fabric strip. Zig in one fabric and zag in the other, while “kissing” fabric edges together.

• Continue stitching, turning inner circle counter clockwise as you stitch.

 An Edge Joining Presser Foot also works great when seaming fabric strips to center circle of Table Topper. 

• At about 4″ from the end, tuck folded end of fabric strip under table topper, and continue stitching to end of strip. Backstitch.

•  Steam and press finished Table Topper.

• Insert a 1″ x 3″ strip of fusible interfacing into under circle opening, fusible side up. Press and fuse opening closed. And/or cover opening with an applique design.

• Our Jelly Roll Table Mat sewing project is so fun to sew! We’ve designed our Jelly Roll Table Mat so you may sew two table toppers from eight fat quarters and one roll Pellon’s 2-1/2″ Precut Cotton Batting Strips! 

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