re: batting for placemats
#2
I think it's best to keep your placemat as flat as possible with low-loft batting. Have you considered using flannel as a batting? Just prewash the flannel before sewing it into your project as it shrinks quite a bit.
#3
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I think you could get away with using a higher loft batting if you were willing to quilt the heck out of it! That might make it a bit stiff, but they're placemats so it doesn't matter like it would on a quilt that you wanted soft and pliable.
#6
Jeanette,
I have had placemats with batting in them and they work just fine. There wasn't a lot of quilting done on them either. The plates are heavy enough to weight them down! (especially with food piled on them!)
Go for it.
I have had placemats with batting in them and they work just fine. There wasn't a lot of quilting done on them either. The plates are heavy enough to weight them down! (especially with food piled on them!)
Go for it.
#8
Jeanette, I actually made a few placemats for our new home. They are raggedy John Deere placemates. I think I used high loft batting, I can't really remember but I wanted the quilted look, and I did have to quilt it a little more. I still have yet to take pictures of them, as soon as I do, I'll post them.
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