Bind and finish your
quilted
placemats
Now it’s time to bind and finish your quilted
placemats. You’re almost finished your little modern
quilts!
First, trim excess batting and backing, and then
square-up the placemat.
You can use one fabric for the binding or join some of
your leftover pieces to make a multi-colored binding.
Modern placemats with solid-color binding
I like to cut my binding strips 3" wide and then sew
them on with a ½" seam.
Here’s how my solid color bindings look.
And here are my placemats with multi-colored
bindings.
You can see how 4 modern-style designs have been
made by starting with some simple 6" block designs.
And now you have a very contemporary set of
placemats!
Now that you've had a taste of modern quilting,
you'll probably want to try something larger.
Modern placemats with multi-colored bindings
4 modern placemats
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