How To Make a Sewing Station Mat
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2024
- In this sewing tutorial, I show you how to make a sewing station mat. This is the perfect thing to keep track of and organize all your favorite sewing tools. No more frustration trying to find what you need. #janhowell #youmakeitsimple
You will learn how to add bias tape, sew a mitered corner, straight line quilt using a sewing machine, and join bias tape ends when quilting.
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0:00 Introduction
01:20 Materials & Items Needed
2:49 Fabric Measurements
4:14 How to Make a Fabric Sandwich
6:49 Fabric Pens
7:55 Marking Quilting Lines
9:16 Straight Line Quilting
12:23 Trimming To Size
14:14 Quilting the Pocket Piece
17:23 Pocket Bias Tape Application
18:56 How to add a Tag/Label
20:32 Marking Pocket Lines
21:31 Sewing Pocket Lines
22:47 Mat Bias Tape Application
31:07 Making a Mini Pincushion
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This is a great tutorial! I have never seen anyone make a pin cushion on the mat. That’s a great idea! Your mat is really pretty and cheerful! Thank you, Jan!
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Havnt watched this all the way through yet but the first 2 minutes are so inspiring being a new sewer ❤
Let me know if you give it a whirl.
Great information! I am currently living with family and using the kitchen table for my sewing, so I have to make sure everything is right where I need it at all times, because of little ones running around. This would be great for that purpose. Unfortunately, the mat hangs down at the perfect grabbing height for little hands. I’m saving this video for when I get my own place! Thank you for sharing!
I hear you! It would be nice to make, and have, but dangling anything is enticing to kitties, even if they are 12yo!!
"OOoooo! Whatz in heer?"
Can you make it and rotate to the back of the machine so it has place for your sewing stuff but doesn’t dangle down? Or how about modifying so scissors and sewing necessities are to the left or right side of your machine? Right side is probably better since fabric goes through the left side of the machine. Simply ideas.
These are great ideas.
Interesting to see.
Re the scissors, how about attaching a stick-on hook to the side of your sewing machine and hang scissors from there? Away from little hands but still handy for you?
You have saved me from so much table clutter!! ❤
wonderful!
Great choice in fabrics & COLORS!!!
I appreciate the free patterns for our private use plus the addition of a label !!
My only suggestion comes from my experience. I sewed, on the corners on the back piece, a cute to finished size, a piece of the no-skid/no slide rug backing. This helped my machine, especially my serger, from hopping along.
Great job showing us the details with very understandable instructions. I also appreciated the choices given for another way to accomplish a task. Fantastic video, extra cudoes to the surviving camera person...thry never die...and you work with nearly lethal weapons, ya know !!! 🎉🎉🎉
Great idea for the corners
Tip on the spray adhesive… it is dependant on size…lay your fabric flat inside a paper bag. Spray inside the bag, it prevents overspray
thanks for sharing
Jan, I don't know how you ended up on my YTube feed, but this is the GREATEST idea ever. 😊Thanks ❤-- Seamstress 4 over 60+ years.
You are so welcome and I'm glad you found me!
Great idea and you teach very well. Thanks so much.
Thanks and you are so welcome
What a wonderful idea...and, a great tutorial! Thank you, Jan. I will make two, one for under my regular machine and one for my serger.
I have two as well. Have you seen the under the table caddy tutorial? czcams.com/video/d7teGk8chB0/video.htmlsi=ZVCzvuoUMu9xQybJ
Love this idea for my traveling sewing machine!
good idea
Can’t wait to mark this for my daughter’s machine.
wonderful.
I made one for my sewing machine, serger, and even my leatherworking desk.
awesome!
What an amazing artist you are…. What an extraordinary teacher you are also. Merci, merci, merci !!!
Thanks. You are so kind!
I love this video. You make look like so much fun to make and so easy too. I like how you describe each step including details that people assume beginners know like the red line on your presser foot for the 1/8 inch guide. Thank you !
You are so welcome!
Great tutorial. Thank you. I’m frugal with my pretty fabrics. I think I would use a plain muslin on the backs of mat and pocket. 🪡
Yes, that is what I'll do on the next ones I make.
An old sheet would be a cost saver too.
Great project! HAPPY EARTH DAY!! "Earth is our Mother. The Environment is where we all meet; where we all a mutual interest; it is the one thing we all share." -Lady Bird Johnson. Huge HUGS! Namesta 🐞🐞🐞
Well said!
Eine klasse Idee, so etwas brauche ich auch. Dankeschön für das tolle Video. LG Susanne ❤😊
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I want a sewing mat for my serger. Like your other sewing mat that works with your sewing cabinet. Thanks for sharing😊
I have two. One mat and the "under table" version which I'll be uploading soon. You are so welcome!
Your fabric combination is absolutely adorable. From tapestry scraps I made a quick cover for my sewing machine and a sewing Mat with pockets in it like you did many years ago. I also made one for under my surgery that had a pocket that would catch the scraps of fabric from surging.
Awesome
I plan to add flaps to cover my pocket areas with velcro since I have little ones who love to grab anything lol 😅thanks for this tutorial I definitely needed an organizer
That would be a good idea
Very informative. Thank you
You are so welcome!
Very nice
Thank you!
I do so enjoy watching the tutorials you make. Precise information... Excellent instruction and awesome projects.
Appreciate the tips along the way . Definitely on my to do list... Several to make and some to give as gifts!
Thank you so much!
The fabric clips should go flat side (clear) down. They glide easier that way.
I find if clipping on a flat surface, putting the rounded corner down works best for me. I guess we all find what works best for our hands. :)
What a super idea and a great tutorial on how to make it, thank you
You are so welcome!
WOW….wish I found you sooner..I love your projects…LOVE TIS CHANNEL👩🏻🎨🐑🧵🥰
Thanks. You are so kind!
Very interesting....cute too
Great idea..loved it ❤
Thank you!
I’m new here , thank you for showing me how to make this ,I will be making this very soon .love it and it’s so cute Thank you Bev from Mo.
You are so welcome!
It sure is cute..great idea 😊
Thank you! 😊
Goog Idea ... Very Nice ... Thank you so much
You are so welcome!
Beautiful mat very well designed and organized. 👍
And very clear instructions too.
Love from June in Singapore 🇸🇬
Thanks. You are so kind!
Cute table runner.
Thank you!
Cute sewing station mat 🤩. Thank you for the video 😊
You are so welcome!
Loved this! I actually made one! Thanks for sharing!❤
AWESOME!
Wonderful tutorial thank you. Blessings.
You are so welcome!
GREAT IDEA !!
Thanks!
Will most likely use old kitchen or bath towels for this project
Yes, definitely
really useful - thank you
You're welcome!
So Glad to see this! Your videos are the best and I’ve been wanting to make a few of these? I also want to make one for all my acrylic rulers! Thanks!
Vicky from TEXAS.
What a great idea.
Great, clear instructions!
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this project. Great tips.
You are so welcome!
This is adorable!! I can’t wait to make it♥️
Let me know how it goes. Have you seen the new under-the-table tutorial? czcams.com/video/d7teGk8chB0/video.htmlsi=uIidreCVvzewoMNt
I love this. New subscriber
Thank you!
Awesome, I could use this at work. Love it 😍👍
Thank you!
Thank you for this useful idea.
You are so welcome!
Hi, i have that very chair you're sitting on & scoots around the room & takes me to places i don't even want to go, is quite hazardous especially when it does'nt have side arms to hang on to, so I've had to deploy it into another room for the time being or at least until I'm fully recovered from my hip surgery! Love your channel. Jen in the UK. X
Would it stop moving if you put a square of anti-slip underneath. Useful for the machine pedal also 😊
The mat sounds like a great idea. I may consider myself as the chari does glide around a little too easily.
I really need one for my serger. Love this to sew and give to my sister and sister- in-law as gifts. You are a great inspiration, ❤👍🏼🇵🇷🗽🙏thanks!
You are so welcome and kind!
This adorable! Thank you. I am a part of a small BEE in So TX in the winter. This would be a fun project to offer as a free class. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Love this!!!!!
Thank you!
I really enjoyed this video! This is great idea and so cute! Thank you so much 👍🙋🏻😃🧵
You are so welcome!
What a good video. A useful project to learn many techniques.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you. Excellent tutorial.
Thanks. You are so kind!
😅FAB. You have a new subscriber 😊. I see you have a PHAFF…… I’ve had mine for well over 20 years and she’s goin fine but I do dream about a new machine. I’ve looked after my girl really well….and it pays.
Wonderul. Yes, I'll have to admitt too, that I do still enjoy my old Pfaff tiptronic perhaps even better than the fancy electronic. It's a work dog.
Love this project
Thank you!
Thank you , Thank you.
You are so welcome!
thank you very much.
You are so welcome!
Great video and tips🌱 I very much appreciated it🌷thank you💐
You are so welcome!
Grelt idea 👍🏼
Thank you!
Perfetto!
Thank you!
Very Nice Jan ! 😊
Thank you!
Very good first time I have seen your video. I’ll beback
wonderful
I like the idea of the mat, however I would be wary of storing anything sharp against my lap. May adapt the idea to make one large pocket to collect scrap thread. I have a shelf above my sewing machine so I have attached magnetic tool holders under the shelf, and use this to store my sharp tools like scissors and awls. Magnets hold better on a horizontal surface rather than on a vertical wall.
Great ideas.
Beautiful mat and fabulous instructions. When you say “bias tape” do you mean “binding” like for a quilt? I love your binding finish method!
Sort of, bias tape (ingredient) is what you need for binding ( cooking). But yes, bias tape is what quilters call binding.
I was wondering the same thing. Was the binding fabric cut on the bias or cut straight with the grain? Seems trivial but bias tape is very math-y 😂
@@monavance2125 Yes this is Bias Binding or Bias Tape all cut on the bias.
If you are binding straight edges like quilts or this mat you can use regular binding strip that are NOT on the bias. I just happen to have these bias tape (cut and made on the bias) so I didn't use regular binding.
Thanks for your kind words.
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I just subscribed too. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Yay! Thank you!
I’ll just say great instructions and do you have instructions for a pocket that could be used on a recliner? Not able to move around good 🌹❤️
I have designed a pattern for one but have not yet done the tutorial for it. Stay tuned.
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❤ awesome. You've got this!
I search thru for the other Matt you’ve mentioned at the end of this video, but couldn’t locate it. Searched thru your videos, and searched sewing mat, but haven’t located it. Is there a number or exact name to search? Your instructions are very helpful and clear.
Here is the link. I just uploaded it yesterday.
czcams.com/video/d7teGk8chB0/video.htmlsi=sEH8lA2RGCx7Iuj9
Thanks so much for this! I’m definitely going to make it…I have never used the spray glue as I’m concerned for my lungs, is it safe?
It is safe if used in a ventilated area, outside is perfect or beside an open window. You can also spray inside a 'tent' ie paper bag which can be closed and disposed of.
Yes, as stated below.
Oh wait !!! There is fusible batting available ? I had no idea.
Walmart and Joann’s or google fusible batting. I like the Pellon brand. Blessings.
@@bevcote2357 thank you so much Bev. I really appreciate your reply.
You can get it here as well
geni.us/FqMT
@@JanHowell Thank you, I just put it in my cart on amazon.
So many fusible battings on the market @jenihansen7201
What size is the width of the bias tape please love this video I’m new
2 inch and folded for 1/2 inch double fold tape.
Here is a tutorial on how to make your own.
czcams.com/video/fWVg6JcpyDI/video.htmlsi=ET90ewM6ulnIHavz
Hi, can you please link to your “how to square up fabric tutorial”? I can’t find it on your page. Thank you
I show in this video. Click on the link and it will put you where you need to view the info on squaring up the fabric. czcams.com/video/4d6QnCMErMU/video.htmlsi=Y4N-iFRJrsITRBXc&t=199
Thank you.
I’m making this mat, and your directions are so easy to follow.
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May I ask what type of sewing machine are you using; and your opinion of it?
I believe it is a Pfaff sewing machine. These machines are not the same quality anymore as Pfaff has been sold a number of times and the machines are not made by the same company anymore. If you can get an older model one you are onto a winner.
Yes, it is a Pfaff Icon. I agree, I think I like my OLD Pfaff tiptronic better than the fancy electronic one. It is a work horse. If it ever burns out, I will search for another used one.
Hi. Does this slip around? Are there grips on it?
Mine does not slip around.
Jan where do you get your "J" tags you put on your projects they are so cute
They are on Jan's website: czcams.com/video/bn2GxH3--QA/video.html
Yes, you can also get all the info and watch the vid at this link.
youmakeitsimple.com/2020/08/01/diy-printable-fabric-labels-easy-iron-on-method/
Thank you for sharing. This is one of the best tutorial I have found, I am excited to make this, can't wait 🪡
You are so welcome! Le me know how it goes.
Very pretty fabric.💕 wonder clips are one of my favorite things.
Mine too!