If you are a parent searching for Halloween ideas for a party forget treat-bags or party favors at your next Halloween party just have fun being creative with these activities before heading off to trick or treat. Anyone who enjoys quilting and making new items for holidays, but doesn’t want to make a full quilt for a holiday celebration, should take a look at this book.Halloween crafts for kids are more than busy work, they feed into their excitement about the special night and for preschoolers that make these crafts meaningful and allows teachers like you and me to use them to develop skills while our students have fun. There is also a 4th of July table-runner, as well as a tote bag and sweatshirt for the 4th – one of those may need to be made when I start thinking of Summer picnics! There are also several ideas for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. This book is a wonderful book full of appliqué projects for all the seasons. Of course I choose bright spring-time colors, and the fabrics used for the yo-yos on the sides of the table-runner are the same fabrics I used for the egg appliqués. I went to the store to pick out some fabrics and started my project. The weather warmed up a little this week-end and it made me think of Spring! And what better way is there to beat the Winter blues than to create something you know you will be using in warmer weather? So I began looking for inspiration – I remembered all the yo-yos I have recently made, and thought of the great spring colors I could make more yo-yos in, then I remembered this quilting book had a great Easter table-runner with yo-yo embellishment. I think it will look great with the table-runner – don’t you? Below is the image of the finished piece. Well, now you’ve seen the pattern, and seen a few suggestions for ways to make your own unique placemats. These would make a fun party favor for the guests to take home with them as well as a great memento for your little princess of her special day. But with that in mind, imagine making special placemats up for your own little princess – using a marabou boa to trim the side of the placemat. You can also use your imagination when embellishing, just remember that if you want to use the placemats at the table with food, you need to keep things fairly simple. ![]() (What a fun way to make a guest feel special for a holiday dinner.) The accent fabric down the left side could be a space to embroider the name of the person sitting at that place – turning your placemats into name cards. Pick a copy of that book at Hancock Fabrics in the quilting department. The Easter Egg applique used on this sample you will find in the book “Quilted Holiday Accents” featured in the blog yesterday. The sky is the limit with a pattern of this type, you can add multiple small appliqués, or just put in one large one as I did for my Easter placemat. The image to the left shows how the yo-yos were placed, and the approximate placement of the egg appliqué I used from the book “Quilted Holiday Accents”. You will need to take care in quilting the finished product to avoid any damage to the yo-yos. This way all of your stitches will be inside of the quilted placemat. I recommend adding any embellishments such as these after step 4, but before you continue on to step 5. My placemat also included some embellishements – the yo-yos that run down the seam between the accent fabric and the white fabric, as well as buttons to secure the yo-yos. Your finished placemat will be approximately 12″ x 18″.Quilt, using a simple design that will not detract from your center appliqué.Using a ¼” seam allowance, sew around the placemat, trim edges, and add seam binding.Sandwich together design fabric (top of placemat), batting, and backing fabric.Sew accent fabric to left side of white square, using a ¼” seam allowance.Apply your applique to the center of the white square.Instructions that follow will walk you through the creation of ONE placemat, repeat as needed to complete your set. a strong, flat batting (I recommend using Warm & Natural, or Pellon Fleece) – 1 yard.small fabric squares for yo-yo embellishments.fabric for appliqué of your choice – depends on design chosen.You will need the following supplies to make 4 placemats – Yesterday, I promised a placemat to go with your new Easter table-runner, and even better, this is my own pattern (with the exception of the appliqué in the center), so I can offer this as a free pattern to you!
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