Week 5- Placemats

Project 7: Placemats Pre wash and iron your fabric. Cut out (4) 12.5 inches by 19 inches rectangles in each fabric (you should have 8 rectangles total.) Place 2 right sides together and pin all the way around. Sew using a 1/2 inch seam allowance, leaving a 3 inch gap fro turning. Remember, start in the middle of one side, sew all the way around, then stop 3 inches before you reach the beginning. Don’t forget to backstitch at the beginning and end! Clip the corners, being careful not to clip your stitches. Turn the fabric right side out, and iron. Top stitch all the way around, as close as you can get it, closing the opening. Lesson 5 skills: cutting, seam allowance, top-stitching, using templates, pinning.