Sweetie Pie Sew Along - Cherry Hearts Placemat Tutorial!!

Hello cute people!

Are you ready for a

 cute little tutorial?

We are right in the middle of the 

Sweetie Pie Sew Along 

and today I'm going to 

show you a fun little project...

how to make my 

Cherry Hearts Placemat:)

YaY!!!

I told you in my last post...

 that I would be making something 

with the C-8 heart from the 

Fruit Salad 

Sew Simple Shapes Set

So just a little side note before we get started; 

I also put a heart in my 

Cozy Christmas 

Sew Simple Shapes...

And I made this one a little smaller 

 so that they can stack on top of each other.

Isn't that fun!?!?

We are only using the

 C-8 heart today 

but I just thought 

you might like to know!

Okay...

with that being said 

let's get started with the cutting.

This is a perfect project

 for leftovers.

I've only made 

one placemat so far ...

but I plan on making another 

so that I can 

put them on the 

countertop in my kitchen

 with the two barstools:)

From your 

Sew Cherry 2 

scraps cut:

10 - 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Cut 6 - 3 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Cut 2 - 3 1/2" x 6 1/2"

From any of the 3 backgrounds:

Cut 8 - 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

And for the hearts: 

Cut 8 - 2" x 3"

Not pictured is the 

Sew-In Interfacing 

but you will need to cut 

8 of those 

the same size as well:)

Trace your hearts 

onto the interfacing...

Sew directly onto your marked line 

and overstitch about 1/2" 

on top of where you started.

Trim an approximate 1/4" seam allowance 

and clip ONE time on the 

cleavage of each heart like this:)

Cut the back of the interfacing...

And turn right side out.

Use your handy dandy

Clover Turning Tool 

to shape your hearts.

I love these cute little hearts!!!

I just had to set them up for a few photos:)

YaY!!

Now let's make the placemat:)

Sew each row together like this.

And then sew your rows together:)

At this point you can 

baste your hearts on

 and appliqué them...

but I decided to 

make the entire placemat...

binding and all...

 then appliqué the hearts...

 because I didn't know

 if I wanted to

 quilt over the top of them

 and squish them down

 because they're

 sew cute!

(I apologize to all 

of my english teachers 

for the super long

 run on sentence lol)

Okay...

so I chose this fat quarter

 for the backing.

I cut it and the 

batting about

 an 1" bigger all the way

 around the placemat.

Which by the way 

measures 12 1/2" x 18 1/2"...

the perfect placemat size!

I set my hearts aside

 until after the quilting

 and grabbed one of my new

 Cute Cuts Rulers 

and my turning tool

 for marking the quilting lines.

I marked lines 1" apart on the diagonal 

using the curved edge of the turning tool

 right next to the rulers edge

 just like you would a rotary cutter ...

except you are not cutting...

you are marking quilting lines!

Another handy dandy use 

for this awesome tool:)

 I used a walking foot 

attached to my machine

 and simply quilted directly

 onto the creased lines...easy peasy!

Then I trimmed my backing and batting 

even with the edges of the table runner:)

For the binding I cut

 2 - 2 1/2" x Width of Fabric strips

 and sewed them together. 

CLICK HERE 

to see my tutorial 

on binding a quilt:)

Then I hand appliquéd my hearts 

and hid the knots in the back

 of the placemat like you do

 when you are hand quilting:)

I used the red gingham

 binding because I 

had some leftover...

 from when I did the

 Cherry Turnover 

Tablerunner:)

I love these 

cute little hearts...

And this cute little placemat!!!

I hope you do too:)

xx

Lori

#CherryHeartsPlacemat