How to Make your Own Placemats from Denim Scraps Story

How to Make your Own Placemats from Denim Scraps

This fun tutorial will show you how to sew fun and one-of-a-kind placemats from scraps of old jeans plus some pretty ‘focus scraps’.

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– Quilt batting. – Backing fabric – Denim strips – A handful of small fabric scraps to add a pop of color and interest – Coordinating thread

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You have two options for how to approach what are essentially quilt-as-you-go stitch and flip placemats.

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Piece strips of denim and focus scraps ahead of time. The number of strips you will need depends on how wide your denim strips are.

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I took a pile of denim scraps I already had. I set aside my backing fabric and had a piece of batting in front of me landscape style.

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I trimmed each strip when I chose to use it just to straighten it up. The strips don’t need to be perfect but vaguely vertical and vaguely straight.

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I then placed two shorter denim strips right side down on top of that first strip leaving a gap somewhere where the batting shows through.

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Sectional Quilting - Placemats from Denim Scraps - Video Tutorial

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