Sunday, April 3, 2011

Placemats Complete and a Giveaway!


I finished the placemats for my kiddos this week!  Don't they all look so sweet together?


I put together a simple little tutorial on how to make these.  You can find it HERE.  They aren't hard to figure out, but if you are like me and sometimes don't want to do the math and figure out the right proportions please give it a try!



For Josiah's I used a fun little scrap pack that I found at my local quilt store.  Don't you just love those little characters?  Josiah isn't quite old enough to use this yet, but I thought I should just make his while I was on a roll or it would never get done!


Here is the back!  I used a green and brown stripe.  I really think these placemats are easily reversible!


For the quilting on this one I just did a simple crosshatch pattern.  I think I like this style of quilting best out of the three placemats I made.


This is Juliana's placemat.  I love the fun, bright pinks in this one.  This one is made exclusively of out my various Heather Ross  fabric pieces I have been saving and saving.


 I stippled this one in a variegated purple thread.  The quilting on this one really does pop out more on this one than the others, but I think I still like it. ;0)



I used this sweet little pink flower print for the back of hers.

You can also check out Felicity's placemat here.  

I have lots of these fabrics still leftover!  If any of you are interested, I will cut out enough squares for you to make your own patchwork placemat.  You can choose which set you would like: the boy, the pink/ purple, or the peach colorway.  Just leave me a comment and let me know which one you would like!  I will pick the winner, Sunday April 10th! Thanks for reading and happy sewing!

30 comments:

  1. Those are so cute. I adore the pink/purple one. Thanks for putting up the tutorial.

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  2. I would love the pink squares for a placemat for Audrey. These are so cute and I'm going to use your tutorial for our grownup placemats. Thanks Meg!

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  3. Such a wonderfu idea! I love the peach one, but but all are adorable! You're amazing!

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  4. Cute placemats. I like the pink squares too, but all are nice. I have grandsons and grandaughters who would love these.

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  5. They are all adorable. My middle child would adore the prints with horses on the peach placemat. I think it was a great idea to make your son's while you were on a roll. I keep thinking of all the things I have to go back and make for Penny as she gets old enough.

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  6. oh I love them! I've been wanting to make placemats, so I will definitely look at your tutorial...though I will admit that the rounded corners look a bit scary to me :)

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  7. Beautiful placemats! Philip would love the little boy pattern.

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  8. I would love the pink! It would be my first non-clothing binded project (I would practice on a curved cornered square with bias first to not ruin these gorgeous fabrics!).
    I think I would cry if I spilled something on it, so it would be on my night stand to set my reading glasses and phone on at night.

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  9. All are so darn cute. I like the peach/horse one the most, but all are just darling. Thanks for the tutorial and the cool idea.

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  10. I love these! I'm going to give that tute a try!

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  11. Oh I would love the girl all the pinks!!! Thanks. Hopefully I will win :)

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  12. I like the peach best! Thanks for the tutorial and giveaway!

    I'm at: ambernoel226 at gmail dot com

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  13. I love them all, but I especially love Juliana's placement. They are just perfect!

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  14. These are great! I especially love the pink one - such precious Heather Ross fabrics! I'm sure your kids will love these!

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  15. Oh very beautiful, I only have girls so girl please. Thank you for the tutorial.

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  16. Thanks for the tutorial! I love your placemats, it's so great that they're all different. My favorite is the pink!!

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  17. Great giveaway idea, Meg. Love the pink/purple. Thanks for the opportunity :)

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  18. What a great idea! Will have to get working on a set! I think the pink/purple would be great!

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  19. Adorable! I love them all, but I think that the blue/green is my fave (but that bicycle in pink/purple steals my heart!)

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  20. I adore the green one! Such fun fabrics.

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  21. oooo definately the pink one!! Sooo gorgeous!

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  22. Those are lovely.My fave is Blue/green.All the fabrics are very fun.

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  23. Adorable! My favorite is the pink/purple one.

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  24. Love love the boy theme. After having 5 girls, I am just now enjoying boy joy with a grandson...who could use a placemat!

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  25. Cute! I have 4 girls (and 1 boy) and the pink would be perfect (at least for a few of them). :-)

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  26. Super cute placemats! I like all of the colors, but with a little girl and another on the way, I'm partial to the pink :) Thanks for the tutorial and giveaway!

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  27. So sweet! Would love to make a pink one for my new niece :)

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  28. I would love the little boy one for my almost four year old grandson!!!! He would love it!!! Thanks for the pattern!!!! hugs

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  29. What a great idea. I'm sure they love them! Good luck with OMTWI!

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  30. Those are amazing!! Thanks for auditioning for OMTWI!!

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