Fall Foliage Placemats

 Make homemade placemats that will add beautiful colors to your November meals with these Fail Foliage Placemats. This stunning DIY placemats are the perfect creation to make before you have Thanksgiving at your house or just decide to throw a fall dinner party. Using simple autumnal prints and quilting techniques you already know, these placemat patterns are easy to create and bind. 

Materials:

• 1/2 yd Leaves With Words
• 2/3 yd Flame Red Quilter’s Solids
• 1/8 yd Saffron Quilter’s Solids
• 1/4 yd Golden Rod Quilter’s Solids
• 5/8 yd Needlepunch fleece
• Basic sewing supplies
• Sewing machine
• Iron and ironing surface

Finished Size: 12”x18”

Notes:

• Read all directions before beginning.
• All seam allowances are 1/4”.
• WOF = Width of Fabric

Cutting:

From Leaves With Words cut:

• Two 12 1/2” x 18 1/2”

From Flame Red cut:

• Two 12 1/2” x 18 1/2”
• Two 2 1/4” x WOF

From Saffron cut:

• Two 1 1/4” x WOF

From Golden Rod cut:

• Two 3 1/4” x WOF

From Needlepunch fleece cut:

• Two 13” x 19”

Instructions:

1. Place Leaves With Words on top of needlepunch fleece and baste.
    
2. Quilt as desired.
    
3. Fold border strips in half and press.
    
4. With raw edges together, layer the three border strips together and baste.
    
5. Stitch strips to top, bottom and sides of placemat.
    
6. Place top and bottom of placemat with right sides together and stitch around all sides leaving an opening for turning.
    
7. Turn and press. Stitch opening closed.
    
8. Topstitch in the ditch around the border.