Quilt As You Go Pet Placemat Sewing Tutorial

Quilt As You Go Pet Placemat Sewing Tutorial

Here’s a fun Quilt As You Go Sewing Tutorial for stitching a placemat for your favorite furry family member! Make a pet placemat–in a fish shape or dog bone shape–and serve up lunch in style! This “quilt-by-number” flip-and-sew project technique stitches the top fabric pieces, batting and backing – all in one step! 

Quilt As You Go: Cat Placemat Tutorial Supplies

Exclusive Quilt As You Go: Pet Placemat Bundle Box by the Stitch it! Sisters

Rotary Cutter, Ruler and Mat

June Tailor’s Quilter’s Starch Savvy

June Tailor’s Eze View Pressing Cloth

June Tailor’s Non-Stick Teflon Appliqué Pressing Sheet

June Tailor’s Shape Cut Plus Slotted Ruler

June Tailor’s Binding Buddy

June Tailor’s Fabric Glue Stick

June Tailors Magic Seam Wand 

Schmetz Machine Quilting Needles Size 90 

1/4″ Quilting Foot

Clover’s 7-3/4″ Bordeaux Ultimate Shears 

Clover’s 28mm Rotary Cutter

Clover’s Straight Tailors Awl Stiletto

Clover’s Wonder Clips

Iron – such as Oliso Mini Project Iron with Solemate

Optional: Clover’s Ultimate Quilt ’n Stitch Presser Foot

Optional: Clover’s 1/4″ Fusible Web Tape

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.

Stitch it! Sisters Quilt As You Go: Cat Placemat Tutorial

by the  Stitch it! Sisters

Approximate finished size: 11″ W x 18″ H

Cut Fabrics 

 You’re the designer! Audition your fat quarter fabric and create a layout.

We’ve arranged our layout as shown:

• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 6″ rectangle Gray Purrfect Day Main
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 6″rectangle Green Purrfect Day Paws
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 6″ rectangle Aqua Purrfect Day Text
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 6″ rectangle Pink Purrfect Day Paws
• Cut Two 2-1/2″ x 6″ rectangles Gray Purrfect Day Yarn
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 6″ rectangle Green Purrfect Day Main
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 6″ rectangle Aqua Purrfect Day Paws
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 6″ rectangle Pink Purrfect Day Text

• Cut Two 1-3/4″ x 15″ rectangles Gray Purrfect Day Fishbones

• Cut Two 1-3/4″ x 18″ rectangles Gray Purrfect Day Triangles

We also used Gray Purrfect Day Triangles to bind our June Tailor Quilt as you go Cat Placemat. 

• Cut 2-1/2″ Bias Fabric Strips to create a 2-1/2″ x 60″ bias fabric strip for binding.

Assemble Quilt As You Go: Cat Placemat

• Place wrong side of backing fabric on fusible (unprinted) side of interfacing. Make sure backing fabric completely covers printed area.

We chose the Aqua Purrfect Day Fishbones Fat Quarter!

• Set iron at wool with steam setting, using June Tailor’s Eze View Pressing Cloth, press backing fabric to fusible fleece, following manufactures instructions.

• Turn mat printed side up, using Clover’s 28mm Rotary Cutter and cutting mat, cut out fish shape, leaving a scant 1/4″.

• Use June Tailor’s Fabric Glue Stick to hold piece one in place.

• Place piece one right side up.

Printed lines are for placement only and are not stitching lines!

• Place 2-1/2″ x 6″ rectangle – two, onto 2-1/2″ x 6″ rectangle – one, right side together.
• Stitch with a scant 1/4″ on long side of the rectangle as shown.

• Flip rectangle 2 right side up.
• Use June Tailors Magic Seam Wand to press seam open.

• Continue to place 2-1/2″ x 6″ rectangles by number, right sides together with previous pieces and aligning with placement lines.
• Stitch with a scant 1/4″ on long side of the rectangle as shown.
• Flip rectangles right side up.
• Use June Tailors Magic Seam Wand to press seam open.

When placing pieces eight and nine, it’s ok that they overlap the edges, we will trim this later!

• Center and place 1-3/4″ x 18″ rectangles Gray Purrfect Day Triangle ten and eleven right sides together.
• Stitch with a scant 1/4″ on long side of the rectangle as shown.
• Flip rectangles right side up.
• Use June Tailors Magic Seam Wand to press seam open.

• Center and place 1-3/4″ x 15″ rectangles Gray Purrfect Day Fishbones twelve and thirteen right sides together.
• Stitch with a scant 1/4″ on long side of the rectangle as shown.
• Flip rectangles right side up.
• Use June Tailors Magic Seam Wand to press seam open.
• Before trimming excess fabric, bast stitch around the shape of placemat.

• Turn placemat wrong side up, using Clover’s 28mm Rotary Cutter and cutting mat, cut out fish shape, leaving a scant 1/4″ from seam allowance.

• Using your favorite binding technique, bind Quilt As You Go: Cat Placemat.

You can choose to bind the Quilt As You Go: Cat Placemat with Bias Binding as we did, or use pre-purchased trim or binding!

• Our Quilt As You Go: Cat Placemat is complete!

Watch Stitch it! Sisters Program 216 Quilt As You Go: Pet Placemats!

Watch Stitch it! Sisters Quilt As You Go: Pet Placemats Tutorial Video with host Deanna Springer from Team NZP and guest Jill Repp from June Tailor! In this video, Deanna and Jill share their step-by-step Quilt As You Go Tutorial showing how to create an adorable Pet Place Mat sure to please your furry companion!

The placemat pattern and numbers are printed directly on the fleece batting – for a no fail, easy to follow quilt-by-number system.

Then, head over to ShopNZP.com and purchase our Exclusive Quilt As You Go Pet Placemat Bundle Box that includes June Tailor’s Quilt As You Go Cat Placemat pre-printed fleece interfacing with fusible back and easy to use step-by-step instructions and Purrfect Day Fabric Fat Quarter Bundle by My Mind’s Eye for Riley Blake Designs. Our Exclusive Quilt As You Go Pet Placemat Bundle Box includes everything you’ll need to make an 11″ x 18″ Quilt As You Go Pet Placemat!You’ll supply the thread.

August 26 is National Dog Day!

Also available today at ShopNZP.com, purchase our Exclusive Quilt As You Go Pet Placemat Bundle Box that includes June Tailor’s Quilt As You Go Dog Placemat pre-printed fleece interfacing with fusible back and easy to use step-by-step instructions, and Think Pawsitive Fabric Fat Quarter Pack by Andi Metz for Kanvas Studio. Our Exclusive Quilt As You Go Pet Placemat Bundle Box includes everything you’ll need to make an 11″ x 18″ Quilt As You Go Pet Placemat! You’ll supply the thread.

Also available –while supplies last– at ShopNZP.com, purchase our Exclusive Quilt As You Go Baby Bibs Bundle Box that includes June Tailor’s Quilt As You Go Baby Bibs pre-printed fleece interfacing with fusible back and easy to use step-by-step instructions, and Down on the Farm Fabric Fat Quarter Pack by Doodlebug Designs for Riley Blake Designs. Our Exclusive Quilt As You Go Baby Bibs Bundle Box includes everything you’ll need to make Set of 3 different bib patterns, approximate finished size: 9″ x 12″ each Quilt As You Go Baby Bibs! You’ll supply the thread.

Deanna & Dana visit our Clearance Nook on the 2nd Floor of the Nancy Zieman Sewing Studio! 

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