Lots of Placemats

Happy Sunday! It’s been a full week. We had a Community Service workshop Thursday and Friday at quilt guild. Our workshop participation hasn’t been great, but 10 people stayed to sew placemats, and a couple of people took stuff home to work on. I didn’t take pictures at the workshop, but I do have pictures of what we accomplished. 

We managed to complete 45 placemats which will be donated to Meals on Wheels. Here’s a picture of them all together:

This was two days of sewing. Not everyone could come Friday, but five of us were able to. I posted this tutorial for the group, in case they wanted to an easy self-binding type of placemat. I haven’t tried it yet, but I picked up some inexpensive fat quarters at Walmart the last time I was in there, so I will experiment and see what I can do with the tutorial.

I also had prequilted some yardage as did another lady who has a longarm.

I had pre-made some binding, but it went fast, so I spent most of Friday morning making more. Some people wanted to bind instead of sewing, and it worked out well having everything prepared and ready to go. 

I have a few more quilted and not bound that I brought home with me. I hope to get them finished this weekend, but I don’t know if I will have time. I’ll get them done eventually and post pictures when I finish.