Bind and finish your quilted place mats

Now it’s time to bind and finish your quilted place mats. You’re almost finished your little modern quilts!

First, trim excess batting and backing, and then square-up the place mat.

You can use one fabric for the binding or join some of your leftover pieces to make a multi-colored binding.

I like to cut my binding strips 3″ wide and then sew them on with a ½” seam.

Here’s how my solid color bindings look.

And here are my place mats with multi-colored bindings.

You can see how 4 modern-style designs have been made by starting with some simple 6″ block designs. And now you have a very contemporary set of place mats!

Now that you’ve had a taste of modern quilting, you’ll probably want to try something larger.

Here are some modern quilts that I’ve recently completed. You can have a closer look at them on my website. They are also available for immediate download from my Craftsy store.

I hope you have enjoyed making, binding and finishing your modern place mats. Make it Modern might just become your new quilt making theme!