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Kitchen Confections in Moda's Vintage Modern:Patchwork Placemats

Editor: Liz JohnsonMonday, 14 May 2012 9:00

Today we start a brand new series of beautiful kitchen tutorials in Bonnie & Camille's Vintage Modern collection for ModaFabrics, which is hitting the fabric shelves right now, both in store and online! We call the series Kitchen Confections becauseeach one is a delicious bite size project with plenty of sweet style. "But, aren't 'Vintage' and 'Modern' mutually exclusive?" You ask. (I always listen when you ask questions.) Not at all! It's a delightful blend of old and new. You get the prettiestpatterns, reminiscent of old-fashioned goodness, but with a new twist that makes it all fresh and fun. This collection has sixcolorsways (Sky, Pebble, Cream, Candy Apple, Melon and Pear) with 40 quilting weight prints and 10 flannels, plus FatQuarters, Fat Eighths, Layer Cakes, Charm Packs and Jelly Rolls. Wow! Thanks to Bonnie & Camille's great sense of styleand design, it is mix-and-match heaven. In fact, there are so many fabrics to love, we ended up incorporating severalpatchwork techniques into our projects in order to allow us to inject as much variety as possible. Today, we kick off the serieswith a set of reversible placemats. Each one features unique fabric combinations for the front, back and binding; yet thepatchwork feature band is the same on all, which ties the whole set together. We show you how to make a 'strata' so thiscommon patchwork band is fast and easy.

Our thanks to Moda Fabrics for sponsoring our Kitchen Confections series and allowing us to be one of the first to "have ourway" with this newest collection from our friends, Bonnie & Camille. This week, we have today's placemats along withcoordinating napkins and a table runner. Next week, there's an adorable apron, oven mitts and a toaster cozy plus matching
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recipe cards and gift tags you can download, and a mouth-watering Great Giveaway!

Moda is wel l known for the extraordinary depth and variety of their design col lections. Vintage Modern is just one of the manyinnovative Moda fabric collections that debut each month at your favorite independent shops.

As we mentioned, Vintage Modern is available as yardage as well as in a full variety of great pre-cut bundles. We show youoptions below for how to use just yardage for our placemats as wel l as how best to incorporate Fat Quarters and Jelly Rollstrips.

Sewing Tools You NeedAny Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome Memory Craft 6600P)Walking foot with quilt bar (optional but extremely helpful)

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Fabric Name/Number Yardage w/out pre-cuts Yardage w/pre-cuts

Fabric 1: Floral Wish Sky/ 55044-11 + One Jelly Roll Strip

Fabric 2: Floral Snickerdoodle Pear /55046-16 One Fat Quarter + One Jelly Roll Strip

Fabric 3: Floral Hopscotch Pebble/55041-17 + One Jelly Roll Strip

Fabric 4: Floral Vintage Sky/55040-11 One Fat Quarter + One Jelly Roll Strip

Fabric 5: Floral Wish Pebble/ 55044-13 One Jelly Roll Strip

Fabric 6: Floral Swirl Candy Apple/ 55047-15 One Jelly Roll Strip

Fabric 7: Floral Hopscotch Sky/55041-11 One Jelly Roll Strip

The Binding/Front/Back combination for our second placemat is as follows:

The Binding/Front/Back combination for our third placemat is as follows:

The Binding/Front/Back combination for our fourth placemat is as follows:


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Fabric 8: Floral Dot Stripe Candy Apple/55045-15

Fabric 9: Floral Snickerdoodle Sky/55046-11 One Fat Quarter

Fabric 10: Floral Snickerdoodle Melon/55046-14 One Fat Quarter

Fabric 11: Floral Vintage Cream/55040-17 One Fat Quarter

Fabric 12: Floral Wish Candy Apple/ 55044-15

Fabric 13: Floral Snickerdoodle Pebble/55046-13 One Fat Quarter

Fabric 14: Floral Vintage Pebble /55040-13 One Fat Quarter

Fabric 15: Floral Cotton Blossom Candy Apple /55048-15 One Fat Quarter

Getting StartedWOF = Width of Fabric

Fabric 1 - Floral Wish Sky:

Without pre-cuts: Cut TWO 2" x WOF strips and ONE 2" x 25" stripWith yardage/pre-cuts:

Cut TWO 2" x WOF strips and cut the Jelly Roll strip down to 25"Fabric 2 - Floral Snickerdoodle Pear:

Without pre-cuts: Cut ONE 14 x 15 rectangle and ONE 2" x 25" stripWith yardage/pre-cuts: Cut ONE 14 x 15 rectangle from the Fat Quarter and cut the Jelly Roll strip down to 25"

Fabric 3 - Floral Hopscotch Pebble:

Without pre-cuts: Cut TWO 2" x WOF strips and ONE 2" x 25" stripWith yardage/pre-cuts: Cut TWO 2" x WOF strips and cut the Jelly Roll strip down to 25"

Fabric 4 - Floral Vintage Sky:

Without pre-cuts: Cut ONE 16" x 22 rectangle and ONE 2" x 25" stripWith yardage/pre-cuts: Cut ONE 16 x 22 rectangle from the Fat Quarter and cut the Jelly Roll strip down to 25"

Fabric 5 - Floral Wish Pebble:

Without pre-cuts: Cut ONE 2" x 25" strip
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With yardage/pre-cuts: Cut the Jelly Roll strip down to 25"

Fabric 6 - Floral Swirl Candy Apple:

Without pre-cuts: Cut ONE 2" x 25" stripWith yardage/pre-cuts: Cut the Jelly Roll strip down to 25"

Fabric 7 - Floral Hopscotch Sky:Without pre-cuts: Cut ONE 2" x 25" stripWith yardage/pre-cuts: Cut the Jelly Roll strip down to 25"

Fabric 8 - Floral Dot Stripe Candy Apple:

Without pre-cuts: Cut TWO 2" x WOF stripsWith yardage/pre-cuts: Cut TWO 2" x WOF strips

Fabric 9 - Floral Snickerdoodle Sky:

Without pre-cuts: Cut ONE 14 x 15 rectangleWith yardage/pre-cuts: Cut ONE 14 x 15 rectangle from the Fat Quarter

Fabric 10 - Floral Snickerdoodle Melon:


Fabric 11 - Floral Vintage Cream:


Fabric 12 - Floral Wish Candy Apple:

Without pre-cuts: Cut TWO 2" x WOF stripsWith yardage/pre-cuts: Cut TWO 2" x WOF strips

Fabric 13 - Floral Snickerdoodle Pebble:


Fabric 14 - Floral Vintage Pebble:

Without pre-cuts: Cut ONE 16 x 22 rectangleWith yardage/pre-cuts:


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Cut ONE 16 x 22 rectangle from the Fat Quarter

Fabric 15 - Floral Cotton Blossom Candy Apple:


Low loft batting:

Cut FOUR 16" x 22" rectangles

At Your Sewing Machine & Ironing Board

Create a 'strata'

1. A strata is a quilter's term for a block of pieced fabric made up of strips sewn together side-by-side. The completed stratacan then be cut into smaller strips for the project. It's a wonderful time-saving technique!

2. Collect the SEVEN 2" x 25" strips.3. Place the strips in a row in the desired order. Number the strips using an adhesive dot or a small piece of masking tape.

This will help you keep track of the order.

4. With all purpose thread in the top and bobbin, use a " seam allowance to sew together the 2" x 25" strips to create a14" x 25" strata.

5. To do this, place the first two strips right sides together, aligning one 25" side. Pin in place. Stitch together. Add the thirdstrip to the remaining 25" raw edge of the sewn pair. Pin and stitch in the same manner. Continue in this manner to createa finished strata 14" x 25".
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6. Press all the seam allowances to one side, toward the very first strip.7. Using a rotary cutter, quilt ruler and cutting mat, square the end of the strata, removing as l ittle fabric as possible. This

means aligning your strata along a cutting mat grid line, then also aligning your ruler along the grid lines and trimming theedge perfectly straight.

8. Cut the squared strata into four 6" strips, one for each of the four placemats.

Finish the placemat top
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6. Re-thread your machine with white quilting 50wt in the top and bobbin.7. Channel quilt parallel l ines, following the lines of the fabric. Our lines were 1" apart to allow us to sew between the motifs.

NOTE: If you are new to straight lines quilting, check our our Guest Tutorial from Modern Quilting whiz, Heather Jones.8. Quilt perpendicular lines of stitching across the strata strip, running " to each side of each seam.

9. When the quilting is complete, trim the excess batting and backing to match the placemat top.

Bind

1. Find the two 2" x WOF binding strips appropriate for the placemat.2. Place the two strips right sides together, along one 2" end. Pin and stitch together with a " seam allowance.

NOTE: For the red and white striped fabric (Floral Dot Stripe Candy Apple), carefully place your seam to match the

stripe.3. Fold the joined strip in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, and press.4. Working from the front of placemat, align the raw edges of the folded and pressed strip with the raw edge of the placemat.5. Re-thread your machine with thread to match the binding in the top and bobbin.6. Start in the middle of one long edge, leaving a tail of approximately 4", sew the binding to the placemat, using a " seam

allowance.
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7. Miter each corner. To do this, stop with the needle in the down position when you are " from the corner.8. Pivot the fabric 90.9. Using the reverse button on the machine, back off the fabric

10. Turn the binding straight down at a 90 angle. This will create a 45 fold to the inside of the corner, and allow you to align

the raw edge of the binding with the raw edge of the next side of the placemat. Re-start stitching at the point of the fold.11. Stitch all the way around, stopping approximately 4" from your starting point.12. Open out the binding and join the ends, measuring to fit.13. Re-fold the binding.14. Bring the binding up and over to the back side of the placemat, covering the line of stitching. Press in place and pin as

needed. Don't be afraid to use lots of pins.

15. Stitch in the ditch from the front all the way around the placemat.
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16. Repeat to create your other three mix-and-match placemats.
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Hints and TipsIf you are new to binding, here are two additional helpful tutorials:

A Complete Step-by-Step for Binding Quilts & Throws

Beautiful Binding: Italiano Reversible Kitchen Placemats

ContributorsProject Design: Alicia ThommasSample Creation and Instructional Outline: Michele Mishler

Other machines suitable for this project include the Elna eXcellence 720 and the Brother Laura Ashley Innov-is.

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