Edited …. August is Aqua

  August over at Angela’s is AQUA. I received my Bordertown B’s back from Judy. She has done an amazing job at quilting it for me.

(Close up photos to come)

Now it is time to get the binding done. Trimming up.

I think I have enough of the aqua backing to do it. Time to measure and get started.

Yes, there was enough. I needed 11.5 metres of binding. 

It’s all sewn on and I have a few days of slow stitching to hand stitch it down then it will be a finish.

Of course there were leftovers so what did I do?

Make 2 more placemats.

This is now 39 out of 50 made.

Linking up with Kathy for Slow Stitching Sunday and Angela for Scrap Happy Saturday.

Now to get back to my binding.

More purple play and placemats

I have been calculating amount of fabric required to make a quilt for a raffle. We have a certain amount of fabric so had to work out the best size we could get out of all the fabric.

We decided on working out a French braid with a piping strip. So off I went and had a play. Out came my purples.

Cut into 2.5” * 6.5” pieces. We need 7 strips of 50”. How many pieces do we need for each strip. Well, I am a visual person so I had a scrap piece of wadding about 60” long. Perfect. Sew, sew, sew. Quilt as you go technique.

Yes I counted correctly. We need 40 pieces per strip. I have drawn out a design and calculated fabric. Wonderful. We have enough for a quilt about 60” * 72”. Now to put this braid to good use. 

Trim the strip. Guess a rough size for some placemats. I can get 3 out of this piece.

I had a scrap of this fabric that is perfect for the backing. 3 across the width uses it up.

Now I’m late to the party. I was at my friends and talking about putting bindings on fully by machine. I do this quite a lot on placemats and charity quilts. Just to save time. She was saying she uses her stitch in the ditch foot on her Janome. I didn’t even know my machine had one. Yes, it sure does. Foot G. What a game changer. This was a perfect spot to give it a go. This will be getting used more often now.

3 pretty placemats

All together. This makes 37 out of 50 completed….

So I am linking up with

https://www.sugarlane-designs.com/ for FNSI..Friday Night Sew in

&

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2025/07/scraphappy-saturday-purple-passions.html

End of June….

 Where has the month gone.

This month’s colour was ORANGE for RSC and my challenge for June CHOOKSHED was to make placemats. This was an easy make so I don’t really know why I left it to the last weekend of the month. I suppose deadlines are good.

I have been so busy with a mystery and I couldn’t leave it go. I’ll start those posts soon. Then all this morning I was reading blogs. I haven’t really looked at them for over a week so say goodbye to a few hours.

Anyway for the orange. I pulled out my scraps

I’m even using scrap wadding. Yes, I overlap mine but I sew 3 rows of large zigzag stitch which helps flatten the thickness. These are only placemats and it works ok.

Sewing quilt as you go style and just sewing scraps.

Attaching the same binding on all of them.

Aren’t those zippers fun.

All 6 here ready to pass on to the group.

That’s now 34 out of 50 made

Thanks to Deana for helping us get some UFO’s out of the cupboard.

https://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/

Have to wait and see what the number is for July.

Have a look over to Scrap Happy Saturday. RSC and see what others are doing

July is PURPLE

My Brothers golf Placemat

 I used up all the scraps from the golf quilt and wanted a placemat for my brother. He liked the kawandi style one I was making when he last visited. 

This was made in May so doesn't qualify for my challenge this month.

I had enough fabric.

I draw the lines on with chalk. This way my stitching go straight. I also use 2 thimbles. The palm one helps push the needle through and the finger thimble also pushes as well as grabs the needle when it is tough to work through the fabric.

I'm getting close to finishing. Will I have enough thread?

I had enough thread. The Kawandi stitching is complete.

It was put on the table straight away and used that night.

A few more placemats

 I have a tub of leftover donated items and fabric scraps.

Amongst them were three pieces of trialled art pieces. Perfect for placemats

All I needed to do was add bindings.

DONE. This was an easy fix..

That’s 28 out of 50 completed.

I think I like this size so I am going to make mine about 12” *16”…

My yellow Kawandi placemat is finished. RSC yellows - placemats, pin cushions and potato chips.

My comments are back. For some reason they were going in to my spam mail.. argh!!!!

 My Kawandi placemat is done. I am loving making these.. They are very addictive.

Continuing with yellows and RSC scraps, strings, potato chip blocks and crumbs.

Out came the yellow box.. using up the crumbs and strips on placemats.

The leftovers sewn on to purchase receipt papers. I know many people use adding machine tape rolls but the receipts are free and a good width.

I also cut lots of smaller scraps into the rectangles for my potato chip blocks.

3 more placemats completed. Total now 25 out of the hoped 50.

Using up the receipt tape lengths into pin cushions.

Enough to make 8 more.

So 8 pin cushions completed.. Total. 29 out of 40 needed.

I have now used up all the little pieces of yellow. That tub is cleaned up.

Linking up with Angela. RSC.

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2025/03/scraphappy-saturday-homeward-bound.html

Placemats Galore.

 These placemats only measure approx 10” * 13”

It all depends on what size wadding scraps I have.

Out comes the yellow scrap 

Choosing which ones to use first.

Start sewing them to the wadding.

2 yellow done

Now for some aqua/blue

Plenty of binding

And 6 more aqua / blue.

So my total is now 22 out of 50 goal done…..

Linking with https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2025/03/scraphappy-saturday-sunny-day.html

I have passed these over and now I’m told they are too small. Next ones are to be a bit bigger so I’m going to try 11” * 16” and see how I go.

 

More scrap placemats, pin cushions and a little zipper coin purse

 I have another placemat to add to the pile. This makes no. 14 I think.

I have been asked to make them a bit smaller. I have been doing them 12”*18”. 

So I now am going to do them 10”*16”….

After finishing the backing for my large Bordertown B’s quilt I have use the last of the crumbs up.

I made 3 pin cushions making a total of 21.

And a cute little zippered coin purse. Of course, you can use it for anything. I might use it for my thimbles.