Hello,
I’m making place mats—what type of batting do I need?
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If you need some more information about making your own place mats, our sister site National Sewing Circle has a few helpful videos: Serge-Along Placemats and Sewing Placemats Personalized with Photos.
Hope this helps,
Ashley
Interested in learning more? Check out this free video: Different Types of Quilt Batting
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Can you use fusible batting for placemats?
Thanks for contacting the National Quilters Circle with your question. Fusible batting works well for placemats. It’s a product that works great for small projects. It is much easier to fuse nicely when used in smaller projects. It can be more difficult to fuse large projects and keep the patchwork and backing smooth when moving it around on the pressing surface.
Happy Quilting,
Which batting to use for placemats
very informative, thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for sharing the different types of batting and the information of each one
Very informative.
I personally feel cotton should be used, no polyester. That way, if anything hot gets set on it, there is no risk of damage. Many of us heat leftovers on a plate in micro, take to table and eat. Plate will be hot, maybe damage poly batting.
what would be a quality batting for placemats that does not make fabric wrinkle
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warm and nature too heavy for placemats ?
Warm and Natural is perfect – that’s what I always use… usually quilt as you w/just batting, then face edge to edge with backing (so no binding so it lays flatter). Then I quilt through all layers with an alternate design – if piecing is vertical, I do diagonal quilting. With a potholder or something meant for the table to put a hot serving dish on, I do one layer of Insul-Bright and batting on either side.
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