Sweet and Tangy Placemat Class

Date: June 24, 2025
Time: 10am-4pm
Cost: $50
Instructor: Monica Van Zuiden

Let your table make you smile when you look at these fun citrus placemats. And notice that they are round just like perfect fruit. If you have a circular attachment for your machine and are looking for a fun project to use it on, this is the project you have been waiting for.

And look at all the embellishments you can add! A little rick rack and a little mouse tail cord. Who knew that those simple trims could add so much pizzazz to these placemats.

You don’t want to miss this class and experience perfect circles!

Requirements to make 1 place mat

Fabric

• ½ yd of fruit color (the front of the placemat and the bias binding)
• ½ yd of backing fabric (from ½ yd you will have enough to make 2 placemats)
• ½ yd of white (fruit pith) (will have enough to make 2 placemats)

You can use fat quarters if you prefer but you need to have at least a 17” square of backing and white fabric

• Batting
  
  • Fusible fleece – ½ yd or 17” square
• Embellishment trims (if wanted)
  • 3 ½ yds of a trim to help define the fruit sections
    • (I used ½” rick rack)
  •      1 ½ yds of a mouse tail cording (if wanted)
• Paper backed fusible web such as Pellon Wonder-Under, Flexi Fuse, Steam A Seam
  • ½ yd or 17” square

Tools to bring to class:

• Circular attachment for your machine
• Thread to match your fruit color fabric
• Thread to match your pith or white color fabric
• Stiletto
• Ruler and rotary cutter
• Good scissors

Sewing Machine Feet (if you have them they make sewing sew much more fun):

• Walking foot
• Stitch in the ditch foot
• ¼” foot
• Braiding foot or Piping Foot Left
• Open toe foot

Many of the notions and feet will also be available to purchase day of at M&R if you do not have them. We also have fusible fleece available in store for purchase.

As with all of our classes, free water, soda, tea, and coffee are provided. You may bring a snack if you would like one.