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Autumn Placemats

5th November 2007

Autumn Placemats

posted in Crafts, Decor, Sewing |

Embroidery might be climbing the charts in my list of favorite crafts. I love the way it makes things look, and actually doing it is relaxing and methodical. So I recently decided to make some place mats for myself and my husband combining sewing, appliqué, and embroidery.

I learned a fantastic applique technique that I might write a tutorial for later, but for now, I’ll just let your eyes feast on my latest project-just-for-me. I love the way they turned out, and they grace our table now along with the place mats from Jennifreckles.

After ironing on interfacing to the yellow-dotted fabric, I appliquéd an autumn leaf onto each place mat. Then, I added a backstitched line for the leaf’s falling path.

After that, I layered two pieces of muslin on the back and bound the whole thing with handmade bias tape.

I decided to do the embroidery in two colors, for his-and-hers. I like that they match but aren’t exactly the same.

I also put one of my new tags on the back of each one, just because they make me smile.

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  1. 1 On November 5th, 2007, Barb said:

    Awesome. I really like the blanket stitch–gives it a folk art feel. I’ll watch for your tutorials. Too, I plan on linking your bias tape on an upcoming post–perhaps later today.

    posted on November 5th, 2007 at 9:54 am

  2. 2 On November 5th, 2007, Barb said:

    Oh! Also, where can I order labels for myself? How did you do your logo?

    posted on November 5th, 2007 at 9:55 am

  3. 3 On November 6th, 2007, Schaele said:

    Those are adorable! :) I love the tags :D

    posted on November 6th, 2007 at 5:46 am

  4. 4 On November 6th, 2007, Joyful Abode said:

    Thanks Barb!

    I made the labels by buying printable cotton poplin, printing my logo tons of times on it, and then cutting it apart. I used fray-check to seal the edges too… there was a tutorial somewhere in someone’s blog. I’ll try to find it again so I can link to it in a future post.

    posted on November 6th, 2007 at 5:56 am

  5. 5 On November 6th, 2007, Joyful Abode said:

    Oh, and my logo… I made it myself too by sketching out the strawberry-house (actually, all the houses in my banner on the top of the page), scanning it in, and coloring it on the computer.

    posted on November 6th, 2007 at 5:57 am

  6. 6 On November 6th, 2007, yayanana said:

    You are too clever by half.

    posted on November 6th, 2007 at 8:41 am

  7. 7 On November 6th, 2007, Sarah said:

    stop the presses! these are the loveliest! they are so whimsical and the perfect autumn placemats. well done!

    posted on November 6th, 2007 at 9:25 am

  8. 8 On November 9th, 2007, Melissa said:

    I love them! Embroidery became my new favorite hobby so watch out!

    posted on November 9th, 2007 at 9:51 am

  9. 9 On November 12th, 2007, Lucy.R.E. said:

    Love ‘em. I was just thinking the other day that I would like to make up some placemats for my little kitchen table. These are good inspiration; thanks for sharing!

    posted on November 12th, 2007 at 6:20 pm

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