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Sewing: Week Thirty Eight: Flower Mitered Corner Placemats
Flower mitered corner placemats is this weeks sewing project. Mitered corners? What? Basically, nice clean corners that meet up. In actually, these aren’t true mitered corners, yet they are on the back side making a nice polished placemat on the right side. For this project I struggled with keeping the fabric true and working with only it and creating a hem; or picking out a backing and simply serging them and then just top stitching. All in all, I think the extra work of hemming…
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Sewing: Week Six Valentine’s Day Placemats
Week six Valentine’s day placemats – just in time for the holiday of pink and red! These placemats are made for February 14, but the wonderful thing is, they don’t scream Valentine’s Day, so you can use them in the spring or whenever you’re in the mood for pink! So versatile, fun and pink. Okay, let’s get started. These finished Valentine’s day placemats will measure 15×15 and are the perfect size for a dinner plate and flatware. What You Need 6 pieces of fabric that…
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Sewing: Chevron Outdoor Placemats
It’s summer time – time to dress up your outdoor table! I found this chevron outdoor fabric last month when I was in Ohio – it’s so awesome. The fabric is fade proof for up to 500 hours. Awesome! Let’s sew up these chevron outdoor placemats. What You Need 1 yard of front fabric 1 yard of back fabric machine matching thread First – decide on the size of your square. Mine are 14 inches by 14 inches. You can go as low as 12×12…
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Tutorial: Placemats
Placemats! Grab some fabric and get sewing – this tutorial is just in time for the holiday season. Placemats The standard placemat is 12×18 inches. So, start by cutting out 4 pieces of fabric that are 14×20 inches. I used a rotary cutter, since I wanted them to be crisp and clean. I find it easier to cut out a large piece of fabric (maybe 22×16), iron it, and then use the rotary cutter to cut out the exact measurements. If you iron it first,…
