Dresden Sunflower Table Mat Sewing Tutorial

Dresden Sunflower Table Mat Sewing Tutorial

Sew a festive fall Dresden Sunflower Table Mat in an evening—made with the Easy Dresden Ruler Template and triple-dyed Bali Batik Palettes Harvest fabrics by Benartex. We’re sewing our Dresden Table Mat with the Bali Batik Harvest Fat Quarter Pack by Benartex. Plus Shop Our Birthday Sale and SAVE Up to 60% Off – plus $5 Shipping now through October 15! 

Approx. finished size 14″

Dresden Sunflower Table Mat Supplies

Six Coordinating Fabrics, Fat Quarters work well for this project

Easy Dresden Ruler Template

Pellon ShirTailor Fusible Interfacing

Clover’s 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge

Clover’s New! Hot Hemmer Square

Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner

Clover’s “Quick Cut” Thread Cutter

Clover’s Flower Head Pins

Clover’s Straight Tailor’s Awl Stiletto 

Frixion Marking Pen

Scissors

Clover’s Rotary Cutter, mat, and ruler

Rotary Pinking Blade

Metrosene Plus Thread

Schmetz Chrome Universal Sewing Machine Needles Size 80

June Tailor’s Quilter’s Starch Savvy

Sewing Machine

June Tailor’s Eze-View Pressing Cloth

Iron

Tailor’s Clapper

You’re the designer, choose your favorite fabrics to create the Dresden Sunflower Table Mat, Team NZP chose the following.

Prepare your fabrics! Pre-shrink fabrics by steaming and pressing. Then, stabilize fabrics for the sewing process by pressing and starching fabrics with Quilter’s Starch Savvy.

We’re making our Dresden Table Mat with BaliBatik Harvest Fat Quarter Pack by Benartex, inspired by the above photo of Nancy Zieman’s original Sunflower Table Mat.

• Choose six coordinating fabrics, five will be Dresden wedges, one will be for center circle.

• Cut 5-1/2″ Crosswise Fabric from five fabrics.

• Using the Easy Dresden Ruler Template cut four wedges from five fabrics of your choice.

• Cut a total of 20 wedges per complete Dresden circle.
• Fold wedges right sides together, stitch wedges 1/4″.

• Chain stitch wedges together.

Dresden Fall Sunflower Table Mat Sewing Tutorial

• Using Clover’s “Quick Cut” Thread Cutter  or scissors, clip threads between wedges.

• Using Clover’s Point 2 Point turner, turn points right sides out.

• Using Clover’s NEW! Hot Hemmer Square, align seam and diagonal marking, press.

• Repeat steps above with all wedges.

• With right sides together, stitch Dresden wedges.

• Continue to stitch wedges together.

• Five Dresden wedges will create one quarter of the Dresden circle.
• Press seams open or to one side.

• Use Tailor’s Clapper to set seam.

• Repeat steps above to create four quarters for the Dresden circle.

• Stitch top two assemblies together.
• Stitch bottom two assemblies together.

• Stitch top and bottom assemblies together.

Create Center Circle

• Cut a one 6-1/2″ square from coordinating fabric and Pellon’s ShirTailor Interfacing, right sides together, glue dots facing up.

We’re making a 6″ center circle.

• Using Clover’s 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge and Frixion Pen create 6″ Circle.

• Pin

• Stitch using a short stitch around circle.

When using a pinking blade, cut on the back side of cutting mat.

• Use a rotary pinking blade to remove excess fabric, approx. 1/4″ from stitching line.

• Remove the excess interfacing from within the circles, leaving approx.1″ of interfacing.

• Turn the interfacing to the wrong side.
• Use a Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner to smooth the curves.

• Using June Tailor’s Eze-View Pressing Cloth press ShirTailor Interfacing to wrong side of fabric.

• Center Dresden Sunflower.

• Using Clover’s 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge, enter center circle onto sunflower assembly.

• Pin and edgestitch with coordinating or monofilament thread. Choose a straight stitch, blanket stitch, or other decorative stitch.

Add Backing

Team NZP chose Wool Felt for backing.

• Turn table mat wrong side up.
• Measure the diameter from valley to valley of matching wedge.

• Subtract an 1/8″ to 1/4″ from this measurement.
• Using Clover’s Supersize 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge and Frixion Marking Pen, create backing circle on wool felt.

• Cut out backing circle.

• Pin or use fabric glue to hold backing in place.
• Place backing on wrong side of sunflower table mat.

• Hand stitch Wool Felt backing in place around the perimeter, catching finished points.

• Your Dresden Sunflower Table Mat is complete!

Dresden Sunflower Table Mat Supplies

Six Coordinating Fabrics, Fat Quarters work well for this project

Easy Dresden Ruler Template

Pellon ShirTailor Fusible Interfacing

Clover’s 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge

Clover’s New! Hot Hemmer Square

Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner

Clover’s “Quick Cut” Thread Cutter

Clover’s Flower Head Pins

Clover’s Straight Tailor’s Awl Stiletto 

Frixion Marking Pen

Scissors

Clover’s Rotary Cutter, mat, and ruler

Rotary Pinking Blade

Metrosene Plus Thread

Schmetz Chrome Universal Sewing Machine Needles Size 80

June Tailor’s Quilter’s Starch Savvy

Sewing Machine

June Tailor’s Eze-View Pressing Cloth

Iron

Tailor’s Clapper

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