15 DIY Placemat Projects
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Placemats make cheap and versatile material for a variety of crafts. They’re especially good for beginning crafters – young and old. Here are a few placemat-centered crafts for use around the home or on the go.
Making a Placemat
First off, if you’re looking to create a placemat instead of creating a craft from an existing placemap, you can use any fabric (including remnant pieces you may already have on hand).
Place two pieces of fabric on top of each other and using a washable pencil, create marks to cut your fabric to size (normally 17" X 12"). Cut the fabric.
Optional: Take two pieces of interfacing fabric and cut to size to give your mat a suitable thickness. Iron one of each pieces of interfacing to the inside of the fabric.
To close your placemat, use a zigzag stitch to sew the edges shut. Or, if you’d prefer, use fabric or hot glue to close all the edges but one while the fabric is inside out, then turn the fabric right side out and glue the last edge.
- To take it to the next level, check out this leaf-patterned placemat tutorial.
- Or, use your kids’ artwork as a placemat using this tutorial.
- Lest we forget our furry friends, here’s a way to create a cut placemat for your pup – and this is a project for the kids to get involved in.
- Recycle Christmas cards and laminate them to posterboard for festive holiday placemats. Do the same with copies of photos for special events, like Father’s Day.
Make a Clutch
"Make this adorable purse for less than $2. It's a ordinary placemat! Folded in thirds, glued or sewed shut ... then the top third flap closes the contents of a purse to make a clutch. She has a jeweled pin that she can swap out if she wants.
- A variation on this clutch includes a handle. You’ll need a sturdy placemat for this project and a little sewing is required.
- This is easy placemat project for creating a diaper clutch/changing pad. Just fold the placemat according to the photos and the only sewing involved is to attach a piece of elastic and a button. Here’s one that creates just the diaper clutch.
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