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A topping idea!

EDIT: You can find PDF Country Mouse patterns here and Pattern Booklets here and - cherry on the cake - Richla at GotKwilts is offering kits here!


If your home is bursting at the seams with quilts, then table toppers and runners can be a wonderful way to express your creativity without recreating the Princess & the Pea on every bed and sofa. Here's a quick idea shared in last week's Colour Stories post...


 

A sweet table topper for your autumn kitchen

 

To make a 40” square table topper you will need...

​5” x WOF strip of sand Tilda Chambray for the mouse’s faces

1 5” square of dusty rose Tilda Solid for the mouse’s ears & paws

7 5” x WOF print strips (Tilda Creating Memories: Carla saffron, Harper saffron, Polkadot ginger, Berrytangle copper, Frida brown, Carla red & Frida red)

1⅓ yds of dark grey Tilda Chambray background

48” square of cotton batting

48” square of backing (approx. 2¾ yds)

⅓ yd of petrol Tilda Chambray binding fabric

Dark grey and sift pink embroidery floss


You will also need a copy of the Country Mouse Sampler pattern, with the following amendments. Please read through them all before starting your project: -

 

CUTTING:

 

Please note that the pattern gives individual cutting directions for each block. You will be making 2 Blackberry blocks, 1 Berry Picking block and 1 Jam Making block. 

 

1.        For the outer border cut 4 3” x WOF strips and for the inner border cut 4 2¼” x WOF strips. For the pieced border cut 4 1½” x WOF strips and subcut 72 1½” squares.

 

2.       From the binding fabric cut 5 2¼” x WOF strips.

 

 

MAKING THE BLOCKS:

 

3.        Make the Blackberry blocks, substituting a 5” print square for the nine-patch berry in step 2.

 

4.        Make the mouse blocks – Berry Picking and Jam Making - substituting a 3½” square for the four patch in step 4.

 

 

FINISHING THE TABLE TOPPER:

 

5.       Join the four blocks together, then add a 2¼” x 28½” inner border strip to each side and a 2¼” x 32” inner border strip to the top and bottom.

 

6.         Make 36 scallop units in various prints, using the scraps from your blocks, and join them together in 4 sets of 9 to make the pieced border. Join to the inner border, adding 2½” print squares at each corner.

 

7.         Finally, add the 3” outer borders before adding the optional touches of embroidery, then quilt, bind and enjoy!

 

With love from the studio,


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