Appliqué Celebrations Placemats

Finished size: 14" x 19"

Materials:
June Tailor® Amazing Alphabet Freezer Paper
June Tailor® Ink Jet Printable Fusible Web
Fusible web for letters
Assorted fabrics for blocks, appliqués and letters
1/8 yd. binding fabric
20" x 15" backing fabric
20" x 15" batting

Cutting (for each placemat):
(1) 10-1/2" x 10-1/2" square for appliqué block
(1) 9-1/2" x 10-1/2" piece (adjacent to appliqué block)
(1) 13-1/2" x 4-1/2" piece for letting block
(1) 6-1/2" x 4-1/2" piece (adjacent to lettering block)
(2) 2" x 42" strips for binding

Assembly: (1/4" seam allowances used throughout)

Placemat Top:
1. Stitch appliqué block fabric to 9-1/2" x 10-1/2" piece of fabric. Stitch letting block fabric to 6-1/2" x 4-1/2" piece of fabric. Stitch narrow pieced strips to top or bottom of larger pieced strip. (See photo for arrangement options.)

For appliqués:
2. Using clip art images* from your computer, size to 8" at widest part. Following manufacturer's instructions, print clip art images to June Tailor® Ink Jet Printable Fusible Web using an ink jet printer. You will likely need to print the clip art image to several sheets of fusible web to accommodate trimming and overlapping of appliqué pieces. Following manufacturer's instructions, fuse appliqué pieces to appliqué block portion of the placemat top.

3. Following manufacturer's instructions for fusible web, fuse web to back of fabric being used for letters. Apply Amazing Alphabets Freezer Paper letters to top of fabric, following manufacturer's instructions. Fuse letters to lettering block portion of the placemat top.

4. Using a zigzag or straight stitch, stitch around all appliqué and lettering pieces.

Finishing:
5. Layer backing, batting and placemat top.

6. Quilt as desired and bind. Sample shown is quilted: "stitch in the ditch", meandering pattern in large open block, around letters and around outside edge of appliqué.