Considering ... Leather placemats
I have a sofa and a love seat that we are going to toss. I told my husband that before toss it, I want to cut the leather off of it as most of it is in pretty good condition. He said sure ... as long as I had a plan for it. (Reason being is that the next room we do after the family room is my sewing room so I PROMISED I wouldn't be making any purchases other than for things that have immediate plans).
One of the things I'm considering is making place-mats out of them and quilting a design on the top. The leather is fairly thick, good quality leather. I figured I could just put a simple muslin back on it and bind it with a coordinating color batik fabric.
But I would want a quilted design in the middle.
Has anyone tried to FMQ leather? Is it possible?
I think a quilted pattern on leather would make awesome place mats for our new dining table.
Updated to add: I have two machines I can work with. A Janome 6600 or a Huskvarna Lily 535.
Sue
Last edited by DogHouseMom; 04-30-2012 at 04:11 PM.