PLACEMATS

Project Background

We're partnering with neighborhood Meals on Wheels organizations to sew placemats. The meal delivery folks say the surprise of a placemat being delivered along with their day's meal/s is bringing big smiles to the faces of their clients!​

Beneficiary	# Requested	# Given
Meals on Wheels Torrance/Lomita	90	90
Meals on Wheels - San Pedro	92	92
Meals on Wheels - Gardena	120	120
Meals on Wheels - Wilmington	50	50
Meals on Wheels - Hawthorne	50	50
Meals on Wheels - Redondo Beach (through Salvation Army)	96	tbd

Who to Contact

Pam Overton manages this project. 
​She can be reached at ​dcfs@southbayquiltersguild.org

How Can I Get Involved

WHAT: Provide placemats to local services that provide Meals on Wheels to seniors in our community. Placemats will be distributed to each organization as we meet their requirements goals (i.e., number needed for their clients). 

WHEN: Turn in Guild meetings or Porch/Park Drop-Offs. Or you may call Pam Overton for delivery or pick up.

• Placemats should measure ~ 14 x 18 inches
• Binding – tradition binding or simply “pillow case” the placemats as we do our comfort quilts
• Design – anything and everything (doesn't need to be “holiday” themed)
• Great way to use fat quarters
• Perfect for half yard pieces - by cutting carefully you can get three tops/backs from each half yard
• Use orphan blocks and add borders to get to 14" x 18”

Some tutorials to get you started:

• Self Binding Placemat - Super Simple! (Cindy Bee You Tube video)
• How To Make a Self Binding Placemat (Shabby Fabrics You Tube video)
• Bindingless Quilted Placemats (Sew Fresh Quilts blog post)
• Learn to Sew Reversible Placemats (Hooked on Sewing You Tube video)