Fabric and crochet table mats

finished product

                     Crochet for fabric table mats.

We can make fabric doilies or table mats with crochet edges. Actually, it has more advantages than having a fabric centre because if you want you can add padding to the fabric part and it is more important when you keep hot things on them.

Before adding a crochet edge we have to make the fabric part. The fabric part can be plain or printed cotton material. If you take a printed material take a yarn that goes with its prominent colour. If you are taking plain colour fabric get the yarn with the same colour but somewhat darker than the fabric.

To make this cut the needed shape (rectangle or round shape) according to the needed measurements and keeping sewing allowances bout ¼”. In this tutorial, I have taken the round shape. I have taken a round of 8 ” diameter and ¼” for sewing allowances.

Make two identical rounds of fabric with a diameter of 8 and ¼” and another round with a diameter of 8” for padding material. (A very thin sponge is suitable.)

First, keep the round of padding material on a flat surface, then over it paste one fabric round to face right side up. Then keep the other fabric round on it with the wrong side up. Then sew together only on the two fabric pieces using 1/4 ” seam allowance. Keep 2” space at the end of the round without sewing. Then trim extra seam allowance until you have 1/8"  Then make small cuts towards the sewing line. 

Then through the gap turn it over to the right side. Then sew the gap neatly.

Now the fabric part is ready. Then to make a crochet edge you have to use a crochet hook with a fine hook [hook size should be about (1mm)] because you have to pierce the fabric to make the foundation row.

Joining round to the fabric:  Join the yarn to the fabric part with single crochet (sc). Then make 5 chains and again 1sc to the fabric edge. *3ch 1sc* Piercing the cloth and making single crochets    

Round 1: Chain 5  *1dc, 2ch, 1dc* repeat throughout the round. Then make 3ch at the end and join to the 3^rd chain o the beginning 5 ch with a slip stitch. 

halfway of the first round 

 Round 2: Make 5 chains and make a dc to the same place. 2ch, 1dc to the next dc below. 2ch, 1 dc to the next dc below.2ch, 1dc to the same place.

(1dc, 2ch, 1dc) this is known as “V” stitch).

 *2ch, 1dc, 2ch (1dc, 2ch, 1dc)* Repeat from * to

In the end, join with an sl.st. to the 3^rd ch of the beginning ch 5

                             

Making* "V" stitch,2ch, 1dc *into each of the dc below 

Round 3: 

3ch and make 2 dcs into the ch 2 space, then make 2ch and another 3dcs to the same space. Then skip the dc below and add 3dcs into the “V” stitch, ch 2 another 3dcs to the same space.

*  (3dcs, ch2, 3dcs,) = shell 

*shell, skip 1dc*,

Repeat from * to* until you come to the end. At the end join with a sl. st. to the next dc Make 2 more sl. sts into each of the 2 dcs below.

                                              

Adding shells into each of the V stitches below 

 Round 4:  *Make 3 chains, add 5 dcs into the ch 2 space below. Then make 3chs and make a picot, chain 5and make a picot chai 3 and make a picot, then add 5dcs to the same space below. 

Make 3 chains and join to the dc below with single crochet. Make ch5 and join to the chain 2 space of the shell below with single crochet, chain 5 and join to the chain 2 space of the shell with single crochet.

halfway of round 4

                                                  

another design of crochet edge

Printed fabric with crochet edge

 

Padding material very thin sponge