I have wanted a very specific style of placemats for quite a while. However, I had the hardest time finding placemats I liked.
So I made my own:
So I made my own:
This project really isn't complicated. All marking, cuts, and stitches are in straight lines. I don't sew very often (seriously, about 6 times in the last two years), so I'm not the best seamstress around. I think this project is very user friendly.
What you'll need:
What you'll need:
1 yard of two different fabrics
2 yards of sew-in interfacing
Thread
Yardstick
Tissue paper (I just used giftwrap-type tissue paper)
Permanent marker
Ink pen
Straight pens (about 2 dozen)
Iron & ironing board*
Shears
Sewing machine
Pre-Steps: (essential to any sewing project)Before you even start measuring, it's important that you iron/press your fabric. This will smooth out any wrinkles so it lays perfectly flat.
Make a small snip parallel to the selvage edge of the fabric. (The selvege is the edge with no printed design, but words like the manufacturer name and style, etc.) Then start ripping. Sometimes, the fabric is skewed. Sometimes the fabric lady isn't very precise in her cutting. The edge that is ripped will be perfectly straight.
************************************************************************2.) Cut tissue paper 12.5 inches x 16.5 inches. Lay it over the pieces of fabric and interfacing (make sure everything is aligned, first), then hold it together with straight pens. Cut out the fabric to match the size of the tissue paper. It should look like this:
3.) On 3 sides, measure in 1/4 inch. On one of the longer sides, measure in 1/2 inch. On the 1/2 inch size, mark a "no sew zone" of about 4 inches in the middle. This will allow you to pull it right side out later.
4.) Start sewing the edges. Be sure to follow the lines you drew, or else your placemats will have lopsided edges.
5.) Turn it right side out through the hole you left open.
6.) Iron everything flat.
7.) Stitch up the hole.
Finished Product:
Happy crafting!
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