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Star quilted place mats
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Christmas Tree and star table runner and quilted place mats pattern. Click on Christmas table runner.
PATCHWORK PLACE MAT FREE PATTERN USING EVENING STAR QUILT BLOCK
I love the evening star quilt block and was thrilled with the way it turned out as a quilted place mat - ideal for the Christmas table.
For each 12" square place mat you will need:
Red fabric: one 4.1/2" square, four 2.3/4" squares, ten 2.1/2" squares
White fabric: four 2.3/4" squares, fourteen 2.1/2" squares
Binding: about 55" by 2.1/2" strip
Backing fabric and wadding: 13" square of each
Mark a diagonal line on the wrong side of each 2.3/4" white square. As you can see I was making more than one quilted place mat in the photo.Place each white square with right sides together on a red 2.3/4" square.
Sew a seam 1/4" either side of the marked line and cut along the marked line. The two resulting triangles will open up to make 2 squares, each made up of a red triangle and a white triangle.
Sew these together in pairs with the white triangles together as shown. Trim the triangle points.Sew one trip to each side of the 4.1/2" red square with the white triangle away from the red square.
Add a white 2.1/2" square to each side of the 2 remaining strips and sew one strip each to the top and bottom of the red square. That's the evening star quilt block completed ready to be made into a quilted place mat.Here are the star block instructions on video:
Sew the remaining red and white 2.1/2" squares together in pairs. Add a strip of 4 squares to the top and bottom of the evening star quilt block, then sew a strip of 6 squares to the top and bottom of the quilt block.
Place the backing fabric right side down, lay the wadding on top and then lay the evening star quilt block on top of that. Pin and quilt. I don't know how well it shows in the photo, but I quilted either side of the diagonals, following the lines of the star. Trim the excess wadding and backing fabric and bind as for a normal quilt. For more details of binding click on baby quilt and the binding instructions are towards the end.I hope you like this quilted place mat pattern. I thought it made a really striking quilted place mat and although I have made it in Christmas colours, you could make it in different colours for any time of the year.
For details of the quilted star table runner to match these patchwork place mats click on table runner.
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