Reversible Fall Placemat Tutorial - Part 6

 The last two tops are done. There's not a lot to add because they are made the same way as the others.

With the one in the picture to the right, you have to be careful to make your centre pumpkin joins as close as you can.






The first thing you should do is iron the seams on the middle pumpkin to be opposite from the ones to the right and left of it.

Then pin as in the earlier post. You will make it easier on yourself if you sew from the side where you can see the seam for the pumpkin. If you want a sharp corner, your new seam will meet at this point but won't cut into any of the corner. If you trimmed your edges to just a hair over a quarter inch away from the seam like Jenny suggested in the video, that will also make it easier for you to keep a sharp corner.

If you lose a bit of your corner, don't fret! Practice makes perfect, and you can always get out your trusty seam ripper!

Remember when you are putting this together that you have to add half and inch of fabric for every seam. When you are making the Placemat in the top picture of this post, the seam between the big pumpkin and the two little pumpkins has a seam on each side so you have to add a full inch. I suggest putting that fabric piece on before the two outer edges. Play with the placement of your pumpkin strips, and get creative and try some other placements! Perhaps a strip of small pumpkins on either side? Pumpkins in opposite corners?

I'm going to make quilt sandwiches and put binding around my placemats. If you want to use the pillow method, I described it in an earlier post. Remember to put your right sides together and lay on top of your batting. Then stitch all around leaving enough room for you to get your fingers in and pull the pillow right side out.

Next post: Making the binding!