QUILTsocial Issue 6 | Page 34

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 QUILTsocial .com | issue 6 34