Scrappy Reversible Halloween Table Mats

Great way to use jelly rolls or scraps for a scrappy look. Love the silhouette applique on the back.

Halloween is a great time of year to have friends over.  Costumes optional, although with some of our friends, it's sometimes hard to tell!

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Whether you are having a full-on party, just a few friends over for nibbles or a family dinner, it's fun to put together a Halloween table setting.  I've been making a few things to share with you.

Bargello Style Halloween Table Runner

Bargello style quilted Halloween Table Runner. Great idea to try out bargello patterns.

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My Bargello-style Halloween table runner tutorial is being featured over at GYCT today as part of their 31 Days of Halloween series.  There is my usual video and a tutorial on how to make this reversible table runner.

I'm using the same Jelly Roll today to make matching table mats, although in a different design.

Scrappy reversible Halloween Table Mats

These mats are quick and easy to make and a fun way to use the rest of your Halloween Jelly Roll.  Make them any size you like, placemat size, coasters, or even another table runner or something long and thin for your Halloween mantle display or entry table.  The basic process is the same.

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Gather together your materials.  You will need:

  • Moda Eerie Jelly Roll or 2.5 inch strips of Halloween fabrics
  • Orange, purple, or other Halloween color for the reverse and binding
  • Black or dark purple for the silhouette
  • Fusible fleece or batting
  • Heat N Bond or other fusible web
  • Large spooky silhouettes
  • Optional – quilt basting spray

Download your spooky silhouette shapes here

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Download the Spooky silhouette shapes

You can download these these spooky silhouette shapes to use as appliques for the back of your place mats or table runner.  Set includes 5 images, witch, pumpkin, cat, haunted house and bat.  Each prints on a single sheet of paper.

You can also go directly to the download by clicking HERE if the button doesn't work for you.

Cut your fusible fleece or batting to the size you want your finished project, or just a little larger, say 1/2 inch extra on each side.  Decide on the strips you want to use and the order you want to use them.  Cut them just a little longer than the width of your placemat.

Great way to use jelly rolls or scraps for a scrappy look. Love the silhouette applique on the back.

Lay down your first strip on the edge of the fabric, face up.  If using fusible fleece, keep the fusible side to the reverse.  Lay your second strip of fabric face down on top, overlapping the first piece, but offset and slightly skewed for a more interesting and scrappy look.  Sew through all layers following the edge of the top strip.

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Open up the fabric and quilt several lines of stitching through your first fabric, following and parallel to the seam line you just sewed.

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Add another strip on top, off-setting like before and stitch it in place.  Quilt the second piece of fabric following the seam line you just sewed.  Repeat this all the way across the piece until you've covered the whole piece of fleece or batting.

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Great way to use jelly rolls or scraps for a scrappy look. Love the silhouette applique on the back.

Trim all sides to square up and neaten.

Cut your fabric for the back so that it is one inch bigger all around than the scrappy piece.

Great way to use jelly rolls or scraps for a scrappy look. Love the silhouette applique on the back.

Trace your applique silhouette onto the Heat N Bond fusible web and roughly cut around it.  Follow the manufacturer's instructions to fuse it to a dark fabric such as black or a dark purple.  Then cut around your shape and fuse it to the backing fabric.

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Use a blanket stitch, satin stitch, or your favorite decorative stitch to secure the applique.  You can learn LOTS more about creating with fusible applique in the Fun with Fusible Applique course (see my Oliver the Owl Pillow).

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Now fuse the scrappy part centrally on the backing with wrong sides facing.  If using batting instead of fusible fleece, you can spray baste in place.  Turn in 1/2 inch and press on all sides.

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Hand or machine stitch the binding into place.  Give everything a final press and admire your scrappy table mats with silhouette Halloween applique.  They go just perfectly with the matching table runner and what's more, I've still got more than half of the Jelly Roll left!

Great way to use jelly rolls or scraps for a scrappy look. Love the silhouette applique on the back.

Great way to use jelly rolls or scraps for a scrappy look. Love the silhouette applique on the back.

What are you making for Halloween?  Share your links in the comments below.  All welcome!

Download your spooky silhouette shapes here

Shapes

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Download the Spooky silhouette shapes

You can download these these spooky silhouette shapes to use as appliques for the back of your place mats or table runner.  Set includes 5 images, witch, pumpkin, cat, haunted house and bat.  Each prints on a single sheet of paper.

You can also go directly to the download by clicking HERE if the button doesn't work for you.


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tami
tami

will a 17 piece jelly roll make 4 placemats?

Marilyn Menzies
Marilyn Menzies

Thank-you for giving me these spooky Halloween shapes

Donna Danos
Donna Danos

just completed the placemats! They came out just the way i envisioned and can’t wait to show them off! Had an amazing time making these and watch as it unfolded right before my eyes. This has definitely gave me the confidence I need to continue to make beautiful items for my home. Thanks for the great video and blog! Deby you are AMAZING!

Deby at So Sew Easy
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Reply to  Donna Danos

Thank YOU Donna, for your lovely comment. I’d love to see what you made. Any chance you could take a photo and come share with us over in the sewing chat room? Join us here – https://www.facebook.com/groups/soseweasychat/

Mary Huey

thanks for the terrific silhouette patterns!!

Pam @Threading My Way

Halloween does sound like a lot of fun, Deby. A great way to use up scraps of fabric.

Marni @ HaberdasheryFun

Saw this on craft gawker! Love everything about this post. Thank you

Deby at So Sew Easy
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Hi Marni, thanks for dropping by. I saw your share on Twitter too – thanks for that.

Diane Cullum
Diane Cullum

They are adorable! Sure wish I had time to make them. You did great work on your bargello too, especially since I am assuming it is your first one! 🙂

Deby at So Sew Easy
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Reply to  Diane Cullum

Yes it was my first time. Do you think I did OK? I was sort of making it up as I went along. And trying to sound like I knew what I was talking about on the video 😉

Andi C.
Andi C.

Deby, I love all of your Halloween decor creations! Thanks for the great tutorials and costume ideas 🙂

Linda
Linda

Love this scrappy method and the appliques you used. think I would like to make mine using an applique on the scrappy side. think all those scrappy bits would look good in the backround.

Geni
Geni

I loved these since Deby added her you tube video tute. So I went and bought some fabric right away and used it to teach my step daughter how to sew! They turned out so cute!