Summer of Sewing: Mayfair Placemats

During our Summer of Sewing series, we'll be featuring weekly tutorials using our new fabric collections (and giveaways, too!). Join us each week, sit back, relax, and then start sewing! 

It's summer...the perfect time to eat outside! When you're eating on a porch or patio, you can still use placemats! We've created these easy flying geese Mayfair Placemats, showcasing the large floral print, for this week's Summer of Sewing tutorial. You won't believe how quickly they go together! Pour yourself a glass of lemonade, start sewing, and use them for dinner tonight! Don't forget to enter the giveaway at the end of the post!

Let's get started!

You'll Need:
(to make 4 placemats)

1/2 yard each aqua large floral, blue large floral, aqua geometric, and light blue chevron

1/2 yard each purple chevron and blue geometric (for binding)

1 fat quarter each: purple floral, blue floral, aqua floral, and lime floral 

(4) 14" x 20" batting pieces

 Note: Backing is included in the yardages listed above (each placemat will have a different backing).

Cutting:

From each of the aqua and blue large floral:

(2) 12-1/2" squares

From the purple chevron:

(4) 2-1/4" x 42" strips for binding

From the blue geometric:

(2) 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" pieces

(4) 2-1/4" x 42" strips for binding

From the purple floral:

(16) 3-1/2" squares

From the blue floral:

(2) 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" piece

(16) 3-1/2" squares

From the aqua floral:

(1) 14" x 20" piece for backing

(2) 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" pieces

From the lime floral:

(1) 14" x 20" piece for backing

(2) 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" pieces

From the light blue chevron:

(1) 14" x 20" piece for backing

(4) 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" pieces

From the aqua geometric

(1) 14" x 20" piece for backing

(4) 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" pieces

Step 1: Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of each 3-1/2" square. Layer a marked square wrong sides together one one end of a 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" piece. Sew on the drawn line and trim seam allowance to 1/4".

Step 2: Press the triangle open and then position a marked square on the opposite end of a 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" piece. 

Step 3: Sew on the drawn line and trim seam allowance to 1/4". Press open to make a flying geese unit. 

Step 4: Make a total of (4) flying geese units for each placemat (16 total).

Step 3: Lay out (4) flying geese units in a column in the order you prefer. Sew the flying geese units together. 

Step 4: Sew the flying geese column to the left side of a 12-1/2" floral square. 

Step 5: Layer the placemat top with backing and batting and quilt as desired. (We quilted straight horizontal lines.) Trim backing and batting even with placemat top. 

Step 6: Bind using (2) 2-1/4" x 42" binding strips.

Would you like to win a bundle of Mayfair fabrics? Leave a comment below (or on IG) telling us your favorite summertime meal. Giveaway is open through Sunday, August 13th at 11:59 PM CDT. 

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Ruby's Treasures winner:

Lee