PAPER PIECING
LITTLE SCHOOLHOUSES
PLACEMAT
MATERIAL
- Cotton Fabric
- Cotton thread
- Cotton batting
- Paper for printing or coping
- Sewing machine
INSTRUCTIONS
- Select a school house block. Suggestions: 365 foundation
quilt block, Linda Causee; Encyclopedia of classic quilt patterns, Leisure
Arts; Fig tree quilts, J. Figueroa and L. Quan; McCallsquilting.com,
May/Jun2011.
- Resize to 3 in x 3 in block and make 6 copies for each
placemat. This block comes from McCalls
- Make each part of the schoolhouse using your preferred
paper piecing technique. This one is sewing through the paper, so you will need as many copies as blocks.
- Sew each foundation piece to complete the block and press
using heavy starch. This will help to trim the block to a perfect square. This
one is 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.
- Using chain sewing attach the blocks to the black fabric.
- Because of the thickness of the block, the use of clips
helps to keep the alignment with the black fabric.
- Complete the placemat by adding the backing, the batting
and quilt a simple parallel lines for the black fabric and stitch in the ditch
for the schoolhouses.
Enjoy!
