Sewing Machine place mat and thread catcher
sewing classes are getting busy and I need to put mats down to let the kids know where to sit their machines when they arrive.
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The ones I've seen ideas for don't have a gripped base, and I need that. I cannot afford a sewing machine to move around when sewing, apart from jagged lines, it's frustrating.
Simply done, I bought a roll of drawer liner from IKEA while buying some of the colourful fabric that I've been using consistently to demonstrate sewing techniques.
Fortunately, the width of the liner is perfectly sized for my large sewing machine. So I've cut the fabric and a piece of batting to a proportionate size. I've also curved the edges, drawing and cutting around my roll of bias tape.
.Stack the 3 (mat with bobbles downward, batting and fabric on top, facing up)
and sew along the edge a contrasting bias binding.
The curved corners make it easy for the bias to follow around, you could mitre corners.
At the end, I unfold the bias and tuck the raw edge back, then resold the bias edges inward.
Then continue to sew over the end... And backtack.
Add a thread catcher.
I have a rectangle of the fabric and I'll cut away a strip for hanging off the mat.
You need another pice of this rectangle in lining fabric.
Fold the fabric over and sew along the bottom and up the side. Leave this wrong side out
Sew the lining in the same way, leaving a 3" opening in the middle of the side seam, on the way back up to the top opening.
Turn this right side out.
Make the tape by folding a length of fabric 3" by 6" right sides together, along the long side, then bring right side out. Iron (press) flat.
You can add a 1"x1" Velcro here now.
Sew this top edge down
Flip right side out through the hole you left I he lining and press, top stitch the open gap closed
I have top stitched the pocket edge.
Attach Velcro to the bottom of the mat, I used craft glue.
Abi x
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