Sunday Scraps!

I love to play with fabric scraps!

Saturday afternoon, I gathered up all the small scrap pieces from my table runner (A Sunset for Every Day) and hot pad.

I created a quick place mat. 

I have created and constructed with this method before and I shared a couple PDF patterns on Craftsy.com.

Scrappy Place Mat explains in detail with tons of photos and I used lite heat and bond for this place mat. The PDF Pattern is only $1.00.

and Scrappy Greeting Cards  is a similar method, but you stitch the scraps onto card stock. The PDF Pattern is only $1.00.

Both PDF Patterns explain in detail the whole process with tons of photos.

Today, I did not use heat on bond on the backs of my pieces.  I want my pieces to naturally fray when I wash them. I am going to share a ton of photos to show you how I made it.

Fabric should be cut larger than you want your place mat to be, by at last an inch or so. I used 80/20 batting (Cotton/Poly).

I selected a tiny stretch stitch on my sewing machine to raw edge applique the triangles in place. You can use any stitch, but I like this one the best.

One done!

I am doing this free form, but I decided to do a little planning and pick the spots for the next two pinwheels.

Stitch a line to connect them.  Just having fun ... whatever feels right.  It's free form!

 I decided to stitch around the pinwheels like a shadowing.

Here is the back side.

Then I decided to stitch some pinwheels around the other pinwheels, but I could have added more pinwheels.  I had lots of scraps.

I ran out of the top thread. I rethreaded my machine with another orangish-yellow, but guess what happened?

I was able to take it all out, without making a hole in the fabric.  If it had made a hole in the fabric, I would have appliqued another pin wheel in that spot.  It is free form so it would not matter where they ended up on the place mat.

Yep!  I like it!

 Trim it to the size. I cut mine 12" by 17".

I zig zagged the edge for the binding. Yes it will natural fray there too.  If you do not like raw edges you should add a binding.

Ready to serve lunch!

I had fun taking photos at different angles.

And some photos of the back. It could be reversible.

 

It was a great way to use my scraps!

Enjoy your day!

Marcia