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Are our seams suppose to nest into each other? Mine are all going in the same direction.

One more dumb question. Should we be matching up the seams?? So that the 5 inch strip matches the other 5 inch strips?? I'll show picture.
Or are they supposed to not match and be more random???

Patty,

That looks right to me. The seams line up both horizontal and vertical. Nice job.

Mary

I'm so glad I didn't do mine tonite. I have to admit I got very confused about those vertical stacks and would have sewn mine together wrong. Now I've got it teach. Thanks. I'll try to post my photo tomorrow.

Thanks Mary, I'll finish sewing the other placemats. But I'm going to re-iron the seams so they nest better, good idea who ever suggested that. Pat

Nicki, Ang just pointed that out to me and she ironed the strips so the seams went in opposite directions.

Mary

Patty- Thanks for posting the placemat. Great job. Call me before you go to bed. Sue

My second mat isn't lining up at all, not supposed to?? Guess I'm the trouble quilter tonight and just when you said we all behaving. Sorry.
Thanks again Mary for teaching this class.

thanks Mary, great class. my 4 are done, now to look for the camera

Patty,

When you say they are not lining up, is it possible you got the strips upside down?

I missed out on all the fun. Dinner was good. Will have to review the thread and work on my placemats over the weeekend. Wish I didn't have to leave. Thank you Mary for the class, will post pic when I have completed my lesson.

I re-ironed some of my seams so they would nest. I'll finish ironing them & then take pictures to show.

Here is a picture of mat #2 Did I go wrong when I made the 1st cuts by not keeping the 5inch strips all on the top? I bet That is where I went wrong???

Here's a pic of my finished 4. I could have used better fabrics. They look way too busy to me.

Patty I like your fabrics. It looks like your far right & far left stips might be upside down.

Thanks fishingwidow for the class. I'm looking forward to giving this a try.

I made some progress in my sewing room tonight, almost ready to sew again.

Off to bed for me. Nighty night!!

Here are my 4. I didn't have them on the floor for more than 10 seconds and the cat was checking them out...I think she approves. thanks for a fun class

Thanks for the great party, Mary. I'm sorry I rushed you & you couldn't enjoy that wine & chocolate. I want to make some more of these in a different color. Are you going to send Jayardi the tutorial so she can include it in her group?

Patty,

The third and fourth strip if you rotate them are exactly the same. I think you need to rotate them and the third strip should then be the first strip. See how that looks.

Mary

I agree, think I'll be using the ripper to see if I can get them to play nicer, my 3rd mat is much better. Looks like the first one Not the same setup, but the overall design. Pat
Thanks for all the help. Told you I can't do puzzles. ZLOl

Debbie and Nicki- great job withthe placemats. Debbie, looks like your cat wants to eat off them. LOL Sue

Patty- You LOVE to use the seam ripper. LOL

Ladies, I like the finished placemats and I like the busy look.

You all did good!

I too am off to bed. Will check for more pictures tomorrow.

Mary

anything sewing related and she has to be right there (her name is Shadow). I was watching Bonnie Hunter on quiltcam the other night and she was right there watching, lol

Cool. I may try this on Sunday afternoon!
Thank you.

Well, I just finished up my placemats and really like the other finished projects.

nlk, I love your fabric selections - a little retro and modern!

DebbieWI, your placemats are putting me in the holiday mood already. One of our radio stations is already playing Christmas music!! And, you seem to have a wonderfully crazy cat!

Here are mine--

I finished that mat #2, Ripped all the seams then resewed it. I think it is right now. Learned another good lesson, when something doesn't seem right stop and recheck.
I like the way they turned out. Too tired to finish tonight so I'm calling it a night.
Mary, Thanks again for volunteering to teach and organize these PJ parties. You did a great job tonight. Pat

Nicki, yours turned out really cute.
Debbie, agree that you are getting me in the spirit too. I know I have lots of holiday fabric and I'm going to try another set.
Angelina, Yours look great too.
We must have had a good teacher.
GoodNight.

I am going to make another set just like the ones I did so I have a set of 8. I also pulled some more xmas fabric out ot make a few more sets.

It is fun to see everyone's fabric choices. I've been going to make placemats forever instead of using those plastic ones. this gave me the push to work on some, lol.

Mary, Thanks for teaching this class. I love the placemats. I have to get some batting tomorrow so will finish them then. You did a great job of teaching the class.

Mary Anne

MaryAnne, you were so quiet tonight, wondered if you had to leave, probably just didn't want to get the "problem child" reputations.LOL Maybe I'll try flannel for the batting, make them flatter right?? Now I'm off to bed for real.

All the mats are very pretty. I'm glad I watched the class. I think I'll get mine sewn today.

Thanks FW for the class- I will try them soon. They are so pretty.

Loving what everyone has done!

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Didn't get to play last night but checked things out later and, of course, I have a question. I don't have many FQs so I'll probably have to trim some from yardage.

To what size are you trimming the FQs? A FQ is 18" x 1/2 WOF, or 18" x 20 (21)", right? That leaves 7" for that bottom piece but according to the directions it should be somewhere around 5". Do I trim it to 5"? W/o trimming it, my piece measures 16" long when sewn.

When I make the vertical cuts and sew everything together, my piece winds up being 19 3/4" wide.

That's a heck of a big placemat, 16" x 19 3/4".

I am obviously doing something wrong.

Morning Ladies... sorry I didn't make it back last night.

Here are mine.

Thank you, FW, for hosting the PJ Party!

ivy

Ivy, I really like yours. They don't look as "busy" as mine. Very, very pretty!

Great job everyone - the placemats are great

Debbie - your picture with your kitty took me by surprise. Your kitty could be a twin of a younger version of the cat we had for 18 years! She passed a few years ago.

After all seams are sewn together and mats are pressed you can square them up any size you desire. I think I'll square-up mine to 13" by 18" and that way, allowing for turning, they'll be just a little smaller than that. I have commercially-made mats that size.
You can cut them to any size. I think it depends on how large or small you want them. Here are mine before squaring-up....

Teacher, I hope you don't mind me being a day late
I finished the placemats but it's too dark to take pictures so I will post them tomorrow.
Thanks a lot for this class! It was a lot of fun to make the placemats

Hi all,

Glad you enjoyed the class. I love all the different looks. I made a set of Christmas ones for myself.

Paus4quilts, you are right that a FQ is about 18 x 21ish. But I would NOT cut anything off that bottom piece until you are finished with your sewing them all together. Then you can take a look at them and decide what finished size you want them to be. Quiltbea said after she was done sewing and pressing that she wanted to square hers up to 13 x 18. But I would not cut till finished putting them together so you can decide how big/small you want them to be.

Yes, I will get instructions to JRD to post. I will clean them up to be clearer and add some photos.

Anael, sorry you were a day late but we look forward to seeing your finished placemats.

First I will post a picture of the finished ones I used as the class sample last nite.

Mary

Now let me try and post the correct pictre of the Chr*stmas placemats that I just got sewn this afternoon.

I am going to trim these down a little too as the seem to have too much of a square look.

Mary

They came out so awesome. I have to try and make 2 sets.

These are so pretty! I didn't participate in the class but am thinking of making a few adjustments in the size to end up with mug rugs. I teach a ladies Sunday school class and want to make mug rugs with a mug for each member for Christmas gifts. Also I'm wondering if it could be done with only two fabrics and one less cut. I'll let you know if my idea works.

Mary Lou, That sounds like a great idea for mug rugs. Might have to give that a try too.

Mary

Mary this looks like a great class! I can't wait to try it.
Mary Lou, I wish I had the mathematical skills you do to figure this out! It would be a cute mug rug...I hope you post measurements!!!

Fun to see all the beautiful placemats. I finally finished my tops, need to get backing fabric. I really enjoyed the class! Thank you.

Nice looking placemats, almost too good to use.