Easy Patriotic Placemats

Easy Patriotic Placemats

Download the pdf for free HERE

Supplies

•navy or royal blue solid placemats.

• ( I bought mine at Walmart this week on clearance for 75¢)

•scraps about 6" or less in Red and White

• Heat n Bond Lite

•matching thread

•pencil

•paper scissors

•star template or star cookie cutter

•Here is an example of 2 that I made.

My Walmart has several colors of these placemats.

 The regular price is $1.78 each.

•Remove any stickers or labels from your placemats and set aside.

•My picture is dark here, they are really more royal blue.

•Make a cardboard or plastic template.

•Trace the star design on to the smooth paper side of the Heat n Bond with a pencil.

• 4 large stars

• 8 small stars

•Cut out stars leaving a 1/4" excess around the drawn pattern.

•choose a few scraps of  reds and whites.

•Iron the stars to the WRONG side of the fabric scraps.

•Cut out on the line.

 •Remove the paper

•Iron to the placemat as shown.

•Using coordinating thread (I used white), sew 1/8 inch along the edge.

•There is Heat N Bond holding the appliques but I like the stitching for decorative look and help the placemat hold up IF I have to wash them repeatedly.

Here's a close up.

Click on the picture to print the template or HERE for the pdf to print.

Again 2 of the finished placemats.

And the setting at the table.

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Wish I had more time to make projects this weekend. 

Only time will tell.