Make Placemats From Vinyl Fabric

Position the fabric for sewing.

Make placemats from vinyl fabric.

To make your placemats stiffer you can use a fusible stabilizer between 2 layers of fabric. You can use a placemat as a frame like this from the thrifty rebel. However many commercial vinyl place mats are plain or downright ugly. With the holidays fast approaching sorry it s time to think about all that holiday entertaining.

Decide on the size. Vinyl is available at fabric stores. Sew the two rectangles with printed or right sides facing together leaving a 3. You can have the look of pretty fabric place mats and the ease of cleanup if you make your own vinyl place mats.

You can usually find it in two finishes. The most widely used product of this type and the one we re using for today s tutorial is heat n bond by therm o web. You can take some bamboo placemats and make these vases from in this life. 1 3 4 yard fabric makes 4 placemats fusible cotton.

Iron on vinyl comes in thin sheets with peel away backing paper. The goal was to have 8 double sided placemats that i could use every day and for the holidays. Materials needed to make a rag quilt placemat. This heat n bond iron on vinyl makes it possible for any cotton print fabric to become a laminated vinyl fabric.

There s an easy way to make your own laminated fabric with iron on vinyl. My solution was to create 15 x 20 double sided vinyl placemats with different fabrics on each side. Learn what is needed to make placemats the best fabric for placemats and how to make your own diy placemats. Here s a bedside caddy you can make from 2 placemats via instructables.

If so split the fabric amount in half and purchase two coordinating fabrics. Cotton duck canvas and some drapery fabric is suitable for placemats or heavier napkins. You might opt to make a reversible placemat. These coasters are made from placemats see the tutorial at craftionary if you find a pretty placemat you can frame it for some easy diy art like this one from thrifty decor chick.

Heavier vinyl works best because it will not tear as easily as the thin stuff. Fabric for napkins should be flexible enough to roll or fold while fabric for placemats can be stiff. If making a reversible placemat make sure to put a thread color in the bobbin that coordinates with your bottom fabric.