I have recently, finally, finished a project I started months ago! It's a gorgeous playmat, with appliqueed farm animals in Liberty lawn, which is now perfect for Mathilda to practise her energetic leg-kicking and grinning while I have my breakfast.
It's a very simple project so here is a step by step guide should you wish to make your own! If not for a baby you could always make mini ones for sitting on at the park/beach!
Trace your shapes onto bondaweb and cut them out roughly.
Iron them onto the wrong side of your fabric, then cut out carefully and peel off the paper.
Lay out all the shapes and pin in place.
Iron each one when you're happy with the positioning and edge with a narrow zig-zag stitch on a sewing machine. If you don't have a sewing machine you could edge the shapes by hand in blanket stitch.
Layer the applique piece, a piece of wadding and a backing piece and pin all over making sure all three pieces are laying smooth and flat. Quilt the pieces together by stitching through the three layers in whatever pattern you want. You could do diagonal lines across the whole thing, outlines around the applique shapes or separate shapes in between them.
You can buy bias binding for the edging or make your own as follows:
Cut 3cm wide strips of fabric at 45 degrees to the grain.
Join the ends and stitch across with a narrow seam.
Open the seam and press flat. Trim the edges.
I then totally forgot to take any photos of the next bit! Pin the bias binding to the the front of the mat, right sides together, and stitch with a 0.4cm seam allowance. Press the binding towards the edge of the mat and press 0.4cm under along the raw edge. Fold the binding over the edge of the mat, pin to the back and stitch in place by hand.
And you're done!
All you need then is a gorgeous, chubby little baby to lie on it!
She loves it!
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