Tutorial: Easy shabby chic placemats to dress up your table

Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom created a set of shabby chic placemats to create a pretty tablesetting for a Mothers Day Brunch. If you want to make some for your own table, she shares a tutorial showing how she made them. With all those pieced stripes and trims, they look like they’d be a lot of work to make. Instead, she used a fancy fabric that came that way. Fabrics like this usually cost more, but they make up for that in time savings.

Click the link below to go to her tutorial:

Shabby Chic Placemats, by Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom

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Christmas is one of those holidays that you just can decorate too much for. There’s no limit to the amount of holiday cheer you can bring into you home! There’s no such thing as too many Christmas decorations. You can bring Christmas décor into any room of the house – including the kitchen! Which is kind of fitting given how many Christmas activities and gifts are made in the kitchen. We’ve rounded up 13 Christmas kitchen accessories you can sew for your home or to give as gifts.

The list includes holiday themed hot pads, potholders ,aprons, and more that you can sew and decorate your kitchen all season long. Most are things you can make in an evening or less. These would also make wonderful hostess gifts for any holiday parties or gatherings you’re attending. Read on for the kitchen sewing ideas!