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Ladies
These are some of the images that you have become so familiar with.
Some of you have guessed at what this project was, and some of you had no idea, only going on faith that you would have a completed project at the end.
Well here you are, and you have completed all the pieces, and you are hoping that I can show you how to put them all together.
Well here are the directions, and photos for explanation, as I know I may not explain correctly how to put it together.
These are some of the images that you have become so familiar with.
Some of you have guessed at what this project was, and some of you had no idea, only going on faith that you would have a completed project at the end.
Well here you are, and you have completed all the pieces, and you are hoping that I can show you how to put them all together.
Well here are the directions, and photos for explanation, as I know I may not explain correctly how to put it together.
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First things first you should receive a picture that looks like this.
<<<<<<<<<< If you have kept track of your pieces, you should be able to lay them out like this >>>>>>>> according to the picture. |
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These are some of the steps that you will be doing to complete your project. Are You ready???
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While you are assembling this project, keep in mind that you need to pay close attention to how your pieces match up. If you have an 2 pieces going together, then you must make sure that you line them up evenly. If you don't then the next step will not work.
I also would tell you that the first stitching line you make should be a light satin stitch, <<<<<<<<<< I used about a .9 to a an 1.1 stitch length and about a 4.5 to 5 for stitch width for the first path. It is a lot easier to take out if the pieces don't match up than having to take out a heavy stitch, For almost every join, you are stitching from the outside of the design to the inside. So say you are stitching 13a to 13b, you join them at the sewing machine, and you stitch from the number 22 side to the inside. |
When you are satisfied with your seam, then stitch it again, using about a .4 or .5 stitch length which ever you like better, test it first on a scrap to make sure that you will like the look, and adjust it if neccesary, and the same stitch width.
Your Placemat should be hand washable, and you may want to block it after words again depending on what materials you used to construct it.
I used a cheap stabilizer, and cheap fabric to make my pieces and stitched them together with serger thread, just to make sure that even with inferior materials you can still come out with an acceptable project.
Your Placemat should be hand washable, and you may want to block it after words again depending on what materials you used to construct it.
I used a cheap stabilizer, and cheap fabric to make my pieces and stitched them together with serger thread, just to make sure that even with inferior materials you can still come out with an acceptable project.
So let's get started
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Now comes the fun part
Stitch together numbers 21 and 20 on the top corners and 22 and 20 on the bottom corners On this one though you stitch from the inside to the outside. Put them back where they belong on the layout. |
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Now you stitch the pieces together in this order, and as you get them stitched lay them back down where they belong.
When I put together this stitching order, it was so that you would have mostly straight stitching, with only a small amount of curves to try to stitch. If you try to stitch them together in a random order, then you may have some corners to maneuver etc and it just makes it harder to keep the pieces lined up correctly when you stitch them out. 8 to 21/20 9 to 21/20 10 to 22 11 to 22 12a to 12b 13a to 13b 12ab to 22 13ab to 22 5 to 21 13b to 21/20 12b to 21/20 |
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For the next joins, you will be joining a set to a set, so make sure that you stich all the way out, and that your seams meet at the join. So start with this one, and remember to stitch from the inside to the outside, making sure that your seams match where you cross them and that the outside edge matches up. Ease the pieces in if you have to, but they should match up. 8 to 11. 9 to 10 13a to 10 12a to 11 7 and 6 to 21 |
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Now stitch 13b to 5 and 12b to 5 This is what you should have now <<<<<<<<<<<< |
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Now you will stitch 3 to 4, if you notice on the layout picture, there is a small overlap on the 4 piece, this is how it should look <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< inset is the placement for stitching together 3 to 2 When you stitch 4 to 6 in the next step, you will overlap this small tab. See illustration below 
overlapping small tab
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The next pieces should be stitched from the outside to the inside, making sure that the outside edges match.
6 to 14 7 to 15 14 to 16 15 to 17 16 to 18 17 to 19 This is what you should have at this point <<<<<<<<<<<<< |
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2 to 3 2 to 18 3 to 1 This is what it should look like <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< |
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Now comes the fun part, you should start stitching the 2 pieces together at the top middle where the heart meets, making sure that as you go that each seam meets where they cross. With the exception of the over lap at 2 and three, and there you follow the line down, overlapping the tab. <<<<<<<<< |
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Or if you like, start at the bottom and go up. |
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this is what it should look like. <<<<<<<<<<<<<< You will notice that I went over the bottom thin line of the heart, you don't have to, I just liked the look. |
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I turned it over when I was finished, and used spray starch and blocked it square and there you have it . |
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Your valentines day placemat. I hope you like stitching this project as much as i did creating it. Your Placemat should be hand washable, and you may want to block it after words again depending on what materials you used to construct it. I used a cheap stabilizer, and cheap fabric to make my pieces and stitched them together with serger thread, just to make sure that even with inferior materials you can still come out with an acceptable project. |