Quilted Homespun Placemat
Four inch homespun quilt squares make a terrific quilted & ragged homespun patchwork placemat, embellished here with wooden buttons. The flip side is a solid piece of homespun so the look can be changed up occasionally. A table runner can be assembled using the same instructions, just making it longer as needed. See more photos and instructions below.
Materials:
70 - 4" homespun quilt squares
1/4 yards quilt batting
1/2 yard cotton homespun fabric, any color to coordinate
Buttons for embellishment
70 - 4" homespun quilt squares
1/4 yards quilt batting
1/2 yard cotton homespun fabric, any color to coordinate
Buttons for embellishment
- Stitch doubled (two layers) homespun squares together to make a panel 5 squares by 7 squares with 5/8" seams.
- All backstitching to secure the seams must be done 5/8" from all edges. Otherwise the backstitching will be lost when the homespun "frays".
- Iron flat. Cut a piece of homespun fabric the same size, using your panel as a guide.
- Cut a piece of batting 1 inch smaller than your panel on all sides.
- Place the patchwork panel flat with the seams side down. Center the batting on top. The top with the homespun piece to make a "sandwich". Pin well.
- Stitch with the patchwork side up, diagonally from one side across the full length to the other side making an X inside the squares. In the sample above, this quilting was done on every other square. You will notice that it still looks good but is much faster.
- Stitch the outer edges 5/8" from the edge.
- Clip all seam allowances and edges 1/2" deep and 1/2" apart.
- Machine wash on cold using detergent and liquid fabric softener. (optional) Shake before drying to remove loose strings.
- Embellish if desired with rhinestones or buttons.
- I don't have assembly pictures of this placemat, but the assembly is very similar to the Quilted Patchwork Tote, which has some good pictures.