Can easily be used for any holiday or special occasion.
Make placemats from vinyl fabric.
A simple free pattern and tutorial on how to make placemats reversible placemats.
Simply make placemats from your fabric stash or scrap bag by putting your sewing machine to work.
The wide array of patterns and materials make it easy to swap them out seasonally for a decorative accent that not only protects tables from spills but also adds.
The goal was to have 8 double sided placemats that i could use every day and for the holidays.
Heavier vinyl works best because it will not tear as easily as the thin stuff.
Vinyl is available at fabric stores.
With the holidays fast approaching sorry it s time to think about all that holiday entertaining.
Position the fabric for sewing.
September 1 2013 at 6 15 am.
Learn what is needed to make placemats the best fabric for placemats and how to make your own diy placemats.
This heat n bond iron on vinyl makes it possible for any cotton print fabric to become a laminated vinyl fabric.
Anonymous you can get 2 placemats from a half yard of 44 wide fabric so you will need 3 yards of each fabric to make 6 good luck.
However many commercial vinyl place mats are plain or downright ugly.
My solution was to create 15 x 20 double sided vinyl placemats with different fabrics on each side.
Sew the two rectangles with printed or right sides facing together leaving a 3.
Cut two rectangles in the desired mat size plus 0 5 inches 1 3 cm on all sides to allow for seams.