Pieced Candy Corn Place Mats

Create a whimsical Pieced Candy Corn Place Mat set for your Halloween table. These strip-pieced candy corn come together quickly and easily using jelly roll strips. But, you can also cut 1½”-wide fabric strips using your favorite white, orange and yellow blender fabrics. Add simple quilting using stunning Holoshimmer Metallic Thread to add fun glitz.

PIECED CANDY CORN PLACE MAT SUPPLIES

Supplies listed are enough to create one 12½” x 19″ place mat. Note: This supply list contains affiliate links. Sulky may receive a commission if you choose to purchase something through these links.

• (3) 2 1/2″-wide x WOF fabric strips (white, orange, yellow solids or blenders)
• 7″ x WOF fabric rectangle (black or fabric print of choice)
• (1) fat quarter (or 14″ x 22″ rectangle) of backing fabric
• 2 1/4″-wide fabric strips (binding)
• 14″ x 22″ rectangle of low-loft batting
• Sulky 50 wt. Cotton Thread (piecing & binding)
• Sulky Holoshimmerâ„¢ Metallic Thread (quilting)
• Specialty 45° triangle or diamond ruler (optional)
• Sulky KK2000â„¢ Temporary Spray Adhesive
• Thread Director (optional; for sewing with metallic thread)
• Organ Needles
  • size 70/10 Universal
  • size 90/14 Top Stitch
• Fabric chalk or removable marker
• Clover® Wonder Clips

CANDY CORN PIECING

Install a size 70/10 Universal Needle into the machine. Thread it with 50 wt. Cotton Thread. Use the same thread in the bobbin.

Place one white fabric strip and one orange fabric strip right sides together, aligning one long raw edge. Stitch, using a 1/4″ seam allowance. Press the seam toward the darker fabric. Then, stitch the opposite orange raw edge to one long raw edge of the yellow fabric strip. Press the seam toward the darker fabric.

Use a diamond or triangle specialty ruler to cut 8 isosceles triangles from the Candy Corn strip set, with a 45° angle at the upper edge. Note – four candy corn triangles will have a white section as the upper edge, while four will have a yellow section as the upper edge.

From the black fabric rectangle, cut ten matching triangles.

Place two rows of nine triangles each on a flat work surface. Arrange the candy corn triangles as desired, either with all white fabric upper edges on one row or alternating white and yellow upper edges for both rows. Place a black triangle between each candy corn, alternating triangle directions.

Stitch the triangles together for each row. Then, stitch the rows together along the center seam.

Press well, using spray starch if possible.

Trim the Candy Corn Place Mat top, cutting the black side triangles ¼” beyond the centerline to create a rectangle measuring approximately 12½” x 19″.

CANDY CORN PLACE MAT QUILTING

Place the backing fabric rectangle wrong side up on a flat work surface. Spray the wrong side with KK2000.

Center the batting over the backing fabric. Smooth to adhere.

Center the Candy Corn Place Mat top over the batting, using more KK2000 to adhere.

Next, plot the quilting lines using fabric chalk and a clear ruler.

Install a size 90/14 Top Stitch Needle into the machine. Thread it with Holoshimmer Metallic Thread. Make sure the thread is winding off the spool flat, horizontal and facing the needle. Use a Thread Director, if possible, to ensure the thread doesn’t twist when it comes off the spool during sewing.

Set the machine for a 3.5mm straight stitch. Stitch along the plotted quilting lines.

When the quilting is complete, trim the place mat so all edges are even.

PLACE MAT FINISHING

Prepare the 2¼”-wide binding strips, according to the binding method you prefer.

Apply the binding, mitering the corners as you reach them.

Wrap the binding around the place mat raw edge; secure with Clover Wonder Clips.

Hand sew or machine stitch the binding to finish the Candy Corn Place Mat.

Repeat to create as many place mats as desired to fill your Halloween table!

TIP: Instead of a place mat set, stitch a second set of triangles and create a long table runner!