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7 FREE Quilted Placemat Patterns You'll Love - On Craftsy! A quick quilted project, placemats are fun to make and also come in handy when you need a handmade gift.

7 FREE Quilted Placemat Patterns You'll Love - On Craftsy!

These free quilted placemat patterns include both patchwork and appliqué designs, and they cater to a variety of styles from traditional to modern. Check out these quilted placemats we love! Photo via Craftsy member Samelias Mum 1. All Seasons Placemats These pretty floral placemats use simple appliqué and an easy self-binding technique to sew up a place setting that can be used all year long. Get the FREE pattern » Photo via Craftsy member Canuck Quilter Designs 2. Large and medium-scale prints work nicely on this patchwork placemat pattern. Get the FREE pattern » 3. Simple strips of patchwork and a solid background bring a color of your choice to the forefront, with supporting neutrals. Get the FREE pattern » Photo via Craftsy member Angela Bowman 4.

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Sewing: circular quilted placemats tutorial - imagine gnats. This post is written by Laurel of Sing All You Want.

sewing: circular quilted placemats tutorial - imagine gnats

I’m so happy to be here sharing a fun project to spruce up your dining table and have you dreaming of warm weather eating. Think meals hot off the grill, cool crisp salads, or a bowl of ice cream. ModernGeometrics. Kaffe Fasset Pineapple Placemats & Napkins on Craftsy Supplies! Hobo Rails. Quilted Placemats Tutorial. These placemats are just so much fun to make!

Quilted Placemats Tutorial

I hope you'll sew up some too! Here is the tutorial for making a singleplacemat and a potholder made in a verysimilar way. As usual, seam allowance is 0.25"unless otherwise noted. Here we go! Cut out 26 pieces of fabric pieces, each measuring1.5" x 3.5". Lay out the pieces of fabric to come upwith 2 sets of panels made with 13 pieces. Sew them together. Fun! Press seams open. Now it's nicely flat! Cut out 13.5" x 13.5" square from white Kona. Sew the patchwork panels to the sides. Press seam open again.

Cut out a piece of cotton batting a bit largerthan the top panel, then cut out a piecefrom the same Kona white even larger thanthe cotton batting. Use quilter's basting spray to makethe sandwich nicely attached to each other. Now using a water-soluble pen,draw one line like this in thecenter of the placemat. Just one line should be good enough ;) A Christmas Tutorial - Checkered Chargers. Christmas dinner always takes center stage, but my favorite Christmas meal is breakfast.

A Christmas Tutorial - Checkered Chargers

After opening gifts, wouldn't it be nice to sit down to breakfast with your family at a table decorated with these pretty chargers? They look a lot more difficult than they really are, thanks to strip piecing and a Dresden ruler. Are you ready to learn how to make them? Here we go... to make four chargers: eight fat quarters of coordinating print fabrics one yard fabric for backs 1/2 yard fabric for binding 16" round place mat interfacing or one yard fusible fleece or quilt batting cardboard or template plastic (optional) an EZ Dresden ruler cutting mat and rotary cutter basic sewing supplies *NOTE: the chargers are not intended to be identical - each one is unique.

For each charger, cut three 2" strips from each of four of the fat quarters. A Quilting Life - a quilt blog: Jelly Roll Placemats. Hello!

A Quilting Life - a quilt blog: Jelly Roll Placemats

Welcome to my Scrappy Patchwork Place Mat tutorial! I've done a little editing to this post to add in a few more ideas. I originally wrote the post to make scrappy place mats with left over jelly roll strips, but you can really use any scraps, and you can also use Moda candy squares and charm squares! DIY: Simple Heart Quilt Blocks - Spoonflower Blog – DIY Fabric, Wallpaper, Decals and Gift Wrap. Nothing says "I love you" like something handmade.

DIY: Simple Heart Quilt Blocks - Spoonflower Blog – DIY Fabric, Wallpaper, Decals and Gift Wrap

These simple heart quilt blocks come together quickly and can be incorporated into any project you like! This tutorial will tell you how to make one of these hearts blocks with a border. Pre-cut as many sets of fabric as you like and chain-piece to create a set of blocks in no time! For these, I mixed Holli Zollinger's tree hearts linen with a springy mint green I had in my stash. Freshly Pieced Modern Quilts: Hexing Around Block. Um, blogging break?

Freshly Pieced Modern Quilts: Hexing Around Block

What blogging break? Of course, I said I'm taking a blogging break, and now here I am posting a full-fledged block tutorial. You knew I couldn't stay away, didn't you? But June is my month as quilter for the Love Circle of Do. Good Stitches, and I changed my plan for the quilt at the last minute, and the new plan requires a block tutorial ... and here we are. Hexing Around Block This 12.5" square log-cabin-style hexagon block is fun and easy to piece. 1. 2. Sew: circular quilted placemats tutorial - imagine gnats. Quilted Heart Placemats. Marni Weaver from Haberdashery Fun designed these Quilted Heart Placemats just in time for February’s heart-filled festivities!

Quilted Heart Placemats

Her use of grays gives the project an unexpected twist. Of course you can go with a more traditional color scheme for upcoming Valentine’s Day decorations if you wish. (You could even use shades of the color of the year!) Learn more about Marni in her introduction, and let us know if you create some of today’s easy Quilted Heart Placemats for your own home this year. Set the table for love! My husband also inspired this project; he studied industrial design and is a big influence in my color and fabric choices. Quilted Place Mat Patterns - Quilting Downloads - Page 1.