Re: Art, Craft and Needlework, December 2014
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 12:38 pm
Mat for DMIL to put under her sewing machine:
* Cut 24" square of pre-quilted fabric with bright floral cotton prints on each side.
* Cut 2.5" binding strips from 1/2 yard teal batik (shades ranging from very light to very dark) -- straight cut binding strips, no need to cut on the bias.
* Press the strips in half right sides out. Sew the short ends of the strips together with mitered seam. Re-press the sections with the seams.
* Decide which edge will be the bottom/pockets of the mat, and bind it.
* Fold up the bottom 5" and baste the left & right edges. (This is why having the pretty coordinating fabric on both sides is needed.) Sew vertical lines every 4" or so across the bottom of the mat to make the pockets.
* Bind the other 3 edges of the mat, mitering the corners.
* Do a final press to make it look nice.
The sewing machine holds the mat in place on the table and the pockets hang over the edge to hold seam ripper, small ruler, thread clippers, etc.
* Cut 24" square of pre-quilted fabric with bright floral cotton prints on each side.
* Cut 2.5" binding strips from 1/2 yard teal batik (shades ranging from very light to very dark) -- straight cut binding strips, no need to cut on the bias.
* Press the strips in half right sides out. Sew the short ends of the strips together with mitered seam. Re-press the sections with the seams.
* Decide which edge will be the bottom/pockets of the mat, and bind it.
* Fold up the bottom 5" and baste the left & right edges. (This is why having the pretty coordinating fabric on both sides is needed.) Sew vertical lines every 4" or so across the bottom of the mat to make the pockets.
* Bind the other 3 edges of the mat, mitering the corners.
* Do a final press to make it look nice.
The sewing machine holds the mat in place on the table and the pockets hang over the edge to hold seam ripper, small ruler, thread clippers, etc.