4 sided placemats?
07-08-2011, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Zhillslady
I made a set of these and worked great. One side is Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter and everyday all in one.
07-08-2011, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by sandisquiltedtouch
Ya but they are thick and don't lay flat on the table. so you can't "use them" and if you just "display" them they look like books laying on the table. MY take I have some :thumbdown:
07-08-2011, 11:12 AM
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When I made my first one I thought the same thing but I was having a blond day and arranging the semi circles so I had 1 on one side and 3 on the other. Then my friends pointed out my illogical thinking and as long as you have two flaps on each side they aren't thick at all. I did use heavy fusible interfacing not batting or fleece.
Originally Posted by sandisquiltedtouch
Ya but they are thick and don't lay flat on the table. so you can't "use them" and if you just "display" them they look like books laying on the table. MY take I have some :thumbdown:
07-08-2011, 02:09 PM
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One note on the tute at feeddogsdown is that you might want to use a light weight interfacing on the fabric before you cut it. I made these in a little workshop at our LQS and the owner and her elves had worked with batting; heavy interface and finally hit the sweet spot with the light weight interface. Gives the placemat a little body but not so puffy that a stemmed glass will topple over.
they are a blast - we never know what fabric we are going to see when the boys set the table!
they are a blast - we never know what fabric we are going to see when the boys set the table!
07-08-2011, 04:08 PM
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I'm working on a couple of customer projects but as soon as I get them done, I want to try this. I think my DIL would like a set like this (with a runner) for Christmas. They have a large dining table so this would be fun to decorate.
If no one else gets to it first, I'll take pics as I go and post a tute. I read through it but don't quite understand how the fabrics get sewn to create the flipping part. It will probably make sense once I'm working on it. Wish me luck!!
If no one else gets to it first, I'll take pics as I go and post a tute. I read through it but don't quite understand how the fabrics get sewn to create the flipping part. It will probably make sense once I'm working on it. Wish me luck!!
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