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Rustic Animals Quilted Placemat Embroidery Project

By Ramona Baird on September 30, 2021

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate

TIME REQUIRED

00:45

Description

Create a beautiful rustic animal quilted placemat for your winter table settings.

Project Preview Video

Materials

For each placemat:

Red Buffalo Check Fabric cut 2” larger all the way around than placemat size

Red placemat to match red in fabric

Fibrous water-soluble stabilizer

Embroidery thread as stated in color sequence

Cotton batting cut the same size as the placemat

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/ramona-baird/stockdesign/1/21091607

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

This design requires a large hoop.

Step 1:

Read through the instructions thoroughly before beginning and assemble all the materials needed to complete the project. Print off the paper template for the placemat.

Step 2:

Press the fabrics well. Quarter fold and lightly crease the placemat to find the center. Lay the paper template over the placemat, aligning the center, and also the crosshairs on the template to the folds on the placemat.

Step 3:

Chose the large hoop that will fit the design.

Step 4:

Cut the batting and stabilizer larger than the hoop. Sandwich the layers together in the hoop, centering the placemat within the hoop.

Step 5:

Load the design on the machine. Place the hoop on the machine and center the needle over the middle of the template.

Step 6:

The first color to stitch will be a line to tack all the layers together. The second color stitches the background motif fill, which leaves an outlined area for the animals.

Step 7:

If you chose, change the thread color and stitch the next color which is all the animal outlines.

Step 8:

The stitching is fast and easy, quilting the placemat as the stitching was done.

Step 9:

Remove the layers from the hoop. Fold back the border of the placemat and trim the stabilizer and batting to the fold on all sides. Place the red check fabric, wrong side up on a flat surface; center the placemat over the fabric and pin it to the placemat.

Step 10:

Fold the cut edge of the check fabric to just shy of the placemat edge and press. Now fold over again and press so the edge of the placemat is trimmed in the check fabric.

Step 11:

Repeat for all four sides, pinning the fold in place. Use a blanket stitch to stitch around all edges of the border.

Step 12:

Congratulations! Repeat all the steps for all the placemats you need for your winter table settings. Pair the placemat with the Reversible Buffalo Check Tree napkin for a wonderful and colorful table setting.

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Meet the Author: Ramona Baird

Ramona Baird has been in the embroidery industry for over 23 years. She and her husband owned a commercial and retail embroidery store in Arizona for many years. She is an experienced digitizer having been mentored by award-winners Pat Williams and Lindee Goodall. Ramona is a contributor to “Creative Machine Embroidery” magazine having 5 covers to her credit. Ramona has worked for Wilcom America and served many years as Education Director for the American Sewing Guild. With a degree in fashion design, she is able to design and execute patterns which Pat Williams says are “out of the box” in creativity and application. Ramona likes to challenge the boundaries of embroidery and bring new and exciting designs, ideas, and projects to EmbroideryDesigns.com. She wants embroiderers of all levels to increase their skills and enjoyment in using their embroidery machine for gift-making and personal pleasure.