Easy Sew Denim Placemats & A Patriotic table setting
Did you guys ever see these denim placemats I made last year and shared on Ella Claire blog? Well with the Forth of July coming up soon, I thought I'd share them again here on my own blog. I think they turned out super cute. I use them all the time now. For this project you will need to start with several pairs of old jeans. This was the perfect project for me since my boys tend to wear out their jeans so fast. I used an existing placemat as a template and laid it on top of some thick white cotton fabric and cut out. This is for the back side of the placemat. Next, I cut my jeans into all different sizes and layered them onto the white fabric. Once I was happy with the layout I sewed the denim onto the white fabric, layer by layer. I found a strip of yellow stitching on the inside hem of a pair of jeans, I loved it so much that I used it on all four of my placemats. I also sewed a pocket onto each placemat to be used to hold utensils. I love that they fray a litt...