A Lightbulb Moment Placemat

Howdy! I'm back to share another "A Lightbulb Moment" project with ya'll today. You can't celebrate the holidays without a decked out table and you can't have a decked out table without placemats! So, to go with the table runner that I shared a while back (can you believe almost 2 months ago?!), here is the "A Lightbulb Moment Placemat"....

I think these placemats are so fun and feature a pocket for silverware and a napkin. I decided to mix up the colors of my lightbulbs and binding on each placemat to make them more festive.

Click Here To Download The "A Lightbulb Moment Placemat" Pattern

Here is a photo of the pocket portion of the placemat. You can see how the left side of the pocket is sewn in the seam. To quilt it, I mounted the placemat sideways on my quilting machine then chose a linear pattern that quilted from left to right. I quilted one side of the placemat up to the pocket, then flipped the pocket and quilted the other side.

Here you can see underneath the pocket and how I just folded the rick rack over to change directions just below the top edge of the pocket.

To make these placemats, you'll need the book "Best of Moda Bake Shop" which has the directions on how to make the lightbulb block and then the placemat pattern (link above) for directions on how to assemble the placemat. The "Best of Moda Bake Shop" book is available on Amazon or at your local quilt shop.

And here's the table runner that coordinates with the placemats. You can find that pattern here. To see the whole line of bonus "A Lightbulb Moment" patterns, click here.

I hope you enjoy this bonus pattern to my "A Lightbulb Moment" quilt. If you make it, please be sure to share a photo with me by tagging me on social media!

Happy Quilting!

~Sharla

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A Lightbulb Moment Advent Calendar Bunting

Oh My Goodness!!! Where has the past three weeks gone?! I meant to get another "A Lightbulb Moment" pattern posted long before now but didn't have the time to finish writing the pattern. Better late than never, right? I shared photos of this advent calendar bunting a few weeks ago on IG but now I'm sharing them here along with the free pattern. YAY!!!

This advent calendar was so fun to make and I can't wait until the holidays so I can hang it and fill each pocket with little surprises for my grandsons. Since they won't be here until a day or two before Christmas, we may have to count down the whole month on Christmas Eve Day, but it will be fun nonetheless.

This bunting is looong at 112". I have a long shelf I plan to hang it from. It could also be draped down a staircase rail. But if you don't have a long place to hang it, you could make them into shorter lengths and hang them in a Christmas tree shape on a wall (if you make 25 lightbulb blocks and skip the socket blocks, you can group them in sets of 1, 3, 5, 7, 9).

I couldn't resist taking a photo of all the mini quilts stacked up before I sewed them together with the rick rack. 

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A Lightbulb Moment Advent Calendar Bunting Pattern

Using fusible batting gives the blocks enough shape that no quilting is necessary. And sewing and turning them instead of using binding makes them quick and easy to make. 

This pattern shows you how to assemble the lightbulb and plug in blocks into the advent calendar bunting. You'll need the "Best of Moda Bake Shop" book for the instructions on how to make the blocks themselves. The book is available on Amazon or at most local quilt shops.

I hope you enjoy this project and share your photos with me if you make an advent calendar bunting of your own.

Happy Quilting!

~Sharla

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