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Shabby Chic Placemats

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Have you ever made placemats?  They’re such a quick and easy project!  A few weeks back, I made these gorgeous Shabby Chic placemats for my Mother’s Day Brunch coming up.  I adore how they turned out and wanted to share them with you today (plus how I made them.)

These Shabby Chic Placemats look fabulous on the table and they are so easy to make!

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I spotted this already-pieced-together fabric at Hobby Lobby. (The fabric looks like this straight off the bolt.) I’ve seen similar fabrics at other fabric stores too.  I tried to find it online so I could link to the fabric, but I think it’s one of Hobby Lobby’s seasonal fabrics, which aren’t always listed online – plus I have no idea what it’s called, so no luck.  If you have a Hobby Lobby nearby, you could look for it next time you are there.  I just love it!  When I get tired of it as placemats, I might just have to open them back up and stuff them with pillow stuffing and make throw pillows out of the placemats!  (I’ve done that before, in this post.)

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Super Easy Shabby Chic Placemat Tutorial
I made these placemats using my Reversible Placemat tutorial, with one small change. (The placemats are solid white on the other side)
placemat tutorial
The original tutorial calls for iron-on interfacing.  Turns out, I didn’t have enough interfacing for 6 placemats.  There is one thing I never have a shortage of, and that’s white muslin.  Since I wanted the placemats to have a bit of weight to them, I decided to line them with the white cotton muslin.
To do that, I just cut a piece of the muslin, (same size as the placemat) lined up the pieces wrong sides together and sewed a few straight lines along the seams of the shabby chic fabric.
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Just like quilting, but using regular fabric instead of batting.  (Free motion quilting is on my list of skills to improve, so I think I’ll make another set these in a summer themed fabric and practice my free motion quilting.)
After I “quilted” the muslin to the front piece, I continued on, following the original tutorial.  Instead of top stitching these, I hand stitched the openings closed.
how to sew a placemat

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What do you think- perfect for Mother’s Day, right?
Products used and recommended in this post:
  1. My favorite shops fabric are Fabric.com, girl charlie and Stylish Fabrics.  (My fave for knits is Funkalicious Fabrics.)
  2. My Sewing Machine: SINGER 9960 Quantum Stylist 600-Stitch Machine with Extension Table, Bonus Accessories and Hard Cover
  3. My Serger: Brother 1034D 3 or 4 Thread Serger, my coverstitch: Janome Cover Pro 1000cpx
  4. Pinking Shears
  5. Rotary Cutter
  6. I love my large ruler and large cutting mat, but you may prefer to start of with a smaller Cutting set
  7. Dritz Dual Purpose Marking Pen
  8. Fray Check
  9. Wonder clips (I didn’t use these in the post, but they are just awesome!
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Comments

  1. Tiffany at The House Down the Lane says

    Hi, Jamie ~ I'm visiting from the Pinworthy Projects Link Party. I love these placemats, and that fabric is awesome! I'm going to have to hit my local Hobby Lobby to see if I can get a hold of some of that fabric. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend!

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  3. Jessy F says

    These look so pretty- I wish I could sew, I would make these immediately!

    I stopped by from Frugal Crafty Home.

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  4. [email protected] says

    I love this fabric and these placemats are so pretty. I will have to find this fabric but I see a skirt for my granddaughter out of it. Thanks for sharing.

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  9. Lolly Jane says

    So pretty, love the colors and texture! Will be featuring them at this weekends Creative Collection link party, yay! XO

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