Fresh and Fun for Your Dining Table

A table where meals are enjoyed is one of the most special and important places in a home in my opinion. It’s a space to relax, savor, share time and reflect on the day. Crafting unique accents to bring colorful charm to this mini sanctuary adds a wonderful element of intention and thought.

These sweet and simple placemats are a lovely way to bring that charming element to your table. They’re also a fun way to display the complementary and diverse tones of the JUST RED fabric collection. Taking an afternoon to sew a couple – or more – of these fresh and fun placemats is definitely time well to bring some color and charm to your family’s favorite place to share meals!

What makes these placemats even more endearing is that they are very easy to sew – even for a beginner. They only require one Mini Charm pack and a bit of yardage per placemat. Simply put the precut squares of the Mini Charm pack into strip sets and add them as a border to the yardage piece.

Check out the free pattern and tutorial here.

This placemat was sewn by Antje Schmiedecke…

Find her on Instagram @antokami

And now on to this week’s Block for our year-long sew-along… Ready?

FREE QUILT ALONG BLOCKHEADS 2020
BLOCK #9
TAOS

Ready to see what’s new this week with Blockheads 2020? If you’ve been sewing along with us, we’d love to see your blocks in our thriving Facebook community or on Instagram using the hashtags #modablockheads and #modablockheads3. Stop by and say hello!

And if you’re just learning about the free block pattern we share each week as part of our year-long sew-along, jump in any time! You can go back through the last several blog posts to catch up, and be sure to check out this post to find out what fabrics you’ll need to create your own beautiful and unique sampler quilt using free block patterns from Moda designers each week.

You can also check out what all the excitement is about by taking a look at Blockheads 2, our last Moda Blockheads adventure. It was a lot of fun, camaraderie and new friendships, and so far this year has been too!

This week’s block comes to us from Vanessa Goertzen. Vanessa is considered a modern Moda designer, and this cute block is something you could use with either modern fabrics or otherwise – it’s really quite timeless!

Don't miss the other blockheads involved in this project:

Betsy Chutchian
Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilt
Janet Clare
Jan Patek
Jen Kingwell
Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree
Jo Morton
Laurie Simpson
Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings
Lissa Alexander of Moda
Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles
Me & My Sister Designs
Robin Pickens
Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life
Stacy Iest Hsu
Vanessa Goertzen of Lella Boutique
Carrie Nelson

Stay tuned… Each week I’ll reveal more of my layout with the next block!

What is your favorite way to decorate your table? Share with us in the comments below!