Quilt a table topper for all seasons – a fun applique project

Kick the winter blues with bright decor for all seasons. Join me this week when I show you how to make this Circle the Seasons Table Topper. It’s an applique project and oh-so-easy with the HeatnBond Lite family of products. It includes scenes of winter, spring, summer and fall. This topper is made very dimensional with Fairfield Quilter’s 80/20 Quilt Batting, some lovely Dress It Up buttons, GÜTERMANN Invisible Nylon Thread and other decorative notions. This topper is 26” in diameter and will fit on any shaped table.

There is also an opportunity to make it your own from your stash of cotton fabric and embellishments to match your unique decor. Be sure to download the free Circle the Seasons Table Topper original pattern.

Circle the Seasons Table Topper made with HeatnBond Iron-on EZ Print Lite Iron-on Adhesive

materials

fabric

• 26” x 26” background cotton fabric (light blue sky as shown)
• scraps of fabric for applique (choose mostly solid colors and some novelty fabrics for sports balls, quilt, and flowers)
• 30” x 30” backing fabric
• bias binding 85” x 2½” length
• 2 – 30” x 30” of Fairfield Quilter’s 80/20 Quilt Batting (2 layers recommended)

thread

• GÜTERMANN Invisible Nylon Thread
• variegated threads (optional)

embroidery thread, decorative threads, metallic thread (optional)

• threads to match fabric

notions

• paper scissors
• fabric scissors
• Kai 7000 KAI 7100 Embroidery Scissors (to cut tiny applique pieces)
• OLFA 28mm rotary cutter
• HeatnBond EZ Print Lite
• HeatnBond Lite Iron-On Adhesive Sheets
• 505 Quilt Basting spray (optional) or basting pins
• pencil
• black sharpie marker
• tape measure
• sewing clips for binding (optional)
• hand sewing needle for finishing the binding (optional)
• string or yarn (for drawing a circle)
• buttons from Dress It Up, lace, novelty fabric, embellishments (your choice to suit each season)
• push pin
• white freezer paper
• free pattern for the Circle the Seasons Table Topper

feet/machine accessories suggestions

• open toe foot for applique (optional but helpful)
• ¼” foot
• free motion quilting foot

equipment

• printer
• iron
• sewing machine capable of doing a small zigzag or satin stitch and free motion stitching

Pieces of fabric for the Circle the Seasons Table Topper (mostly solid cottons)

Other supplies needed

Don’t forget to print the free pattern for Circle the Seasons Table Topper and join me tomorrow when I explain how to get the pattern printed onto the HeatnBond EZ-Print Lite Iron-On Adhesive. It’s magical and oh so easy! You’ll want to do all your future sewing machine applique this way.

This is part 1 of 5 in this series

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