How Do You Make Fabric Place Mats?
Place mats give any table setting a finished look. Follow these steps to complete a set of four in one afternoon. Make them for your own table or make a set to give as a quick, last-minute gift. Step 1 Choose a cotton or cotton-polyester blend fabric in the color or print of your choice. For four 13-by-19-inch place mats, you’ll need 1 yard of heavier-weight fabric for the place mat fronts and 1 yard of lighter-weight coordinating fabric for the place mat backs. Step 2 Prewash the fabric and press it with an iron. Step 3 Make a template or pattern for your place mats out of any stiff poster board or cardboard. Your template should be rectangular and measure 13 1/2 by 19 1/2. Step 4 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep4 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/ehows/steps/fabricplacemats_4L.jpg’); }); Place the template on the wrong side of your fabric and trace around the template with a fabric marking pen or fabric chalk. Repeat for each place ma
