DIY Fabric Placemats with Chevron painted effect
You can make your own DIY fabric placemats with a chevron painted effect using freezer paper and fabric paint just like mine. A fun and simple craft project perfect for any age!
Equipment
- A plastic or glass plate
- Iron and ironing board
- Fabric Scissors
- Ruler or rotary cutter
- Sewing Machine with presser foot.
- Cutting Machine – this is optional since you can draw and cut your own chevron strips of freezer paper.
Ingredients
- 4 rectangle pieces of fabric – 18x14 Inch (45×35 cm)
- Fabric Paint – the color of your choice + White
- Freezer paper
- Sponge
- Matching Thread
- Protective plastic – for the surface you will be working on.
Instructions
Making the Fabric Placemats
- Once you have your 4 pieces of fabric cut, I recommend ironing them to get them ready.
- Hem around each side of the fabric. I like to fold 1/4 inch twice.
- Working on the wrong side of the fabric make the first fold with raw edges and press the hem towards the wrong side of the fabric to create fold lines. First on one side then on the alternating side.
- Now fold the tip of the corner towards the wrong side of the fabric, where the two seam allowances intersect. I like using a mark-n-be-gone marker, but you can also eye ball this and simply fold over and press the fold line.
- Refold the other hem edges creating a diagonal line between both sides. Press and pin in place to proceed with stitching.
- Press again once you have stitched all along the hem.
- Repeat with all the other 3 placemats.
Painting the Placemats
- I cut some chevron stripes of freezer paper with my Silhouette Cameo.
- You can do it either with a cutting machine, cutting the chevron yourself on the freezer paper or even using masking tape to create the chevron pattern if you want.
- Place the chevron freezer paper stripes over the right side of the fabric trying to keep an even distance between each stripe.
- Iron it onto the fabric well.
- Repeat the process with all the other placemats.
- Place some paint on a plate and with the sponge, I spread the paint with small taps until fills the area.
- I like it like that because the paint doesn’t leak into the freezer paper.
- Every 2 or 3 rows add some white paint to the color you are using and mix well with a stick or brush.
- Keep doing this until you finish the placemat and all the rows are painted.
- Let it dry well.
- Once dry, remove the freezer paper carefully.
- I love this part, it’s kind of satisfying the feeling and sound when peeling off.
- That’s it!
- Ombre Chevron Placemats done
- Repeat with the other placemats and you got yourself a cute new set of fabric placemats!
Notes
NOTE: Please don’t forget to protect your surface with plastic or paper before starting painting. I forgot and made a bit of a mess. Learn from my mistakes, please!