How to sew a fabric tray; the quicker way

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In one of my previous articles, I shared how to make a fabric tray. These are one of my favourite projects,

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The only thing that wasn’t as fun with making the trays was the bindings. So, I created this pattern. This new fabric tray is just as beautiful, but can be made quicker!

This leaves more time for free motion quilting and makes the perfect last-minute gift. But the one receiving the gift would never be able to tell that it was made last-minute!

What you will need:

Cotton fabric
Iron and ironing board
Batting
Rotary cutter and cutting mat (or scissors)
Seam gauge or measuring tape
Sewing machine
Sewing machine thread and needle
Free motion quilting foot
Optional: pins and safety pins

The steps:

Cut two pieces of fabric and a piece of batting to 13” x 13”

Optional: you could embroider one of the pieces.

‘Sandwich’ the pieces together. Place the two pieces of fabric right sides together and place the batting on top.

Sew around the perimeter of the square. Leave a gap open so that you can flip it all right side out afterwards.

Topstitch around the perimeter of the square and make sure to close the gap while topstitching.

Free motion quilt create a fun design using your free motion quilting foot, don’t forget to lower the feed dogs.

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Fold the ‘quilt’ in half diagonally and mark 2 1/2” in on each side and create a line from the mark straight to the mark across from it 2 1/2” in. Fold the other way and repeat.

Sew down each of these lines.

Flip the tray so that the excess corner pieces are on the inside holding the tray sturdy and upright.

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