I made this project using the Quiltsmart pre-printed interfacing panels. I purchased them from my local quilt shop where they are available-not by the yard-but by the panel. One panel was enough for this project.
Per the Quiltsmart instructions, after you make all your fabric cuts, you sew the interfacing to the right side of the fabric along the printed lines. Once sewn, trim the extra fabric away and turn the tube right side out. In my project I decided to use solid color rings, but you can certainly use the template and instructions to sew multi-fabric rings.
I finger-pressed the tube-rings flat, pinned them to the background fabric, and then pressed and fused them together with a warm iron. The interfacing is strong enough to gently adhere the rings to the background fabric, but not strong enough that you don't have to go back and stitch the rings in place. I used a blanket stitch in a coordinating thread color.
I used echo lines to quilt the outside border of the table runner. I used a water-soluble fabric-marking pen to transfer a custom design to the inside of the rings. Even though I was using my free-motion foot, I found that keeping the feed dogs up helped me keep my stitches more evenly spaced.
When I was sewing on the binding, I pinned in and secured two fabric triangles in the corners at one end. I took a square of fabric and folded it on the diagonal so I didn't have frayed edges. Plus, it gave the fabric strength if the finished project was going to be hung on a wall instead of displayed as a table runner.
