Kitchen + Dining
Festive Square Patchwork as Placemat, Runner or Tablecloth
No matter the time of year, we love planning for holiday decorating. Setting a beautiful table is often a focal point. This block can stand alone as a placemat, duplicate in a row as a runner or to build into a square as a tablecloth.
Atomic Machine Embroidery Set
This design set is so radically retro, it has received the official Jetsons Seal of Approval! The FREE Set includes: three combination designs, individual Atomic Particle Starbursts, a full alphabet, and a bonus set of background diamonds.
Eclectic Placemat
With so many great techniques in one placemat, it’s challenging to pick a favorite. Is it the unique decorative stitching? The straight line quilting? The patchwork featuring Jelly Roll strips? The itty bitty binding? It’s all of the above!
Quilted Octagonal Patchwork Placemats
These placemats are a unique shape that is not only fun and different, but also perfect for highlighting the half square triangle patchwork as well as the clean corners of the octagonal perimeter binding. Available in our Etsy Shop.
Vintage Christmas Ornaments Embroidery Designs
These five nostalgic designs are based on actual ornaments from the personal collections of the S4H Team. We used fills, flourishes, French knots, and more, plus an optional BOW design can top off any design. In our Etsy Shop.
Oven Mitt + Kitchen Towel Gift Set
Both these pieces are beginner friendly, with included links to additional tutorials on hemming, fussy cutting, and seam finishing. We designed the mitt and towel as a gift set idea, but don’t forget to put yourself on the gift list!
Double Star Patchwork Table Throw
A departure from a traditional tablecloth or runner, a Table Throw or Table Square offers more flexibility for how it can be placed as well as the table it can fit. The Double Star design is a holiday favorite. Includes a pattern set.
Scalloped Edge Napkins with Satin Stitch Finish
Learn how to create this unique edge finish with a padded satin stitch. It’s an easy technique that works especially well on the bias edges of scallops. The result is smooth, stable, and beautiful. We show it on both napkins + placemats.
In-the-Hoop Gift Stocking with Snowflake Embroidery
Make our scaled-down stocking as table décor, use several to hold flatware, create an elegant place card or adorn a gift box. It’s made”in the hoop” with just a single line of stitching to finish. Free embroidery download too.
Fancy Fruits Machine Embroidery Designs
Bright and fanciful designs can add a splash of freshness to linens, garments, and more. Pick a Grapefruit, Papaya, Pineapple, Watermelon or Grapes. Use one or collect them all as a set. Free downloads in 8 formats.
Shoulder Sling Fabric Shopping Tote
Fabric shopping bags are a green alternative to plastic – and so much prettier! We created a set of two totes in a handy shoulder sling style. They fold down into a matching wrap-and-tie carrying case. Use your favorite quilting cottons.
Bound + Stitched Patchwork Potholder
Squares in a square in a bound frame! Blend 16 small squares into a finished 8½” square, highlighting each intersection with decorative stitching that is not only a gorgeous embellishment, but also holds together all the layers.
Days of the Week Embroidery Designs
What are you doing today? This Etsy Shop embroidery package has seven favorite to-do selections. Designs are split into separate components so you can mix and match Images and Days.
Quilted Mini Trivet or Jumbo Coaster
Finishing at 6″, is it a tiny trivet or a colossal coaster? It all depends on what you have in your hand and need to set down. Use one as a mini trivet for a small serving dish or as a jumbo coaster for a big coffee or soup mug.
Quilted Placemats with Leaf Appliqués
The large, flat front of a placemat is like a canvas for your creativity. These beauties combine patchwork, decorative quilting, and bold appliqué with crisp, clean lines of precision stitching and a striking color palette.
Forest Friends Embroidered Kitchen Towel Set
Fox, squirrel, and hedgehog machine embroidery designs are ready to apply to our towel pattern, other kitchen linens, the front of a tote bag, even a cozy sweatshirt or a child’s overall bib. Exclusively in our Etsy shop.
Easy Banded Napkins + Napkin Ties
Napkins are a great project for beginning sewers and an excellent way for anyone to practice hemming. Adding a simple fabric border kicks them up a notch, and the clever beaded ties are a cute alternative to place cards.
Round Potholder with Front Petal Pocket
This project is designed to throw you a few curves. No worries though, we’re talking about beautifully curving circles and semi-circles. A free pattern and notes on using a Circular Sewing Attachment make things quick and easy.
Sparkling Holiday Placemat
Pretty stitching takes a simple surface from ordinary to special in the blink of an eye. These traditional linen placemats include eight tiny tucks for texture plus 15 lines of decorative stitching in sparkling metallic thread.
Tortilla or Flatbread Microwavable Warmer
There’s nothing like a freshly warmed tortilla or flatbread. But, keeping things warm from the oven or stove to the table can be a challenge. Our microwaveable warmer is a great solution. Just close the flap and zap.
Patchwork Linen Table Throw
If you’re used to table linens being long and narrow, take a look at the Table Throw – also known as a Table Square. Ours finishes at a generous 50” x 50” and is a perfect showcase for bold patchwork in gorgeous linen.
Quilted Casserole Carrier
A wonderful present for the foodies on your gift list who love to share their homemade treats. The wraparound design includes a handy loop to clip a pot holder and an inside pocket for a serving utensil.
Wine Bags with Carabiner Handles
Narrow and thin, but big enough to hold the tallest of Rieslings and the roundest of Champagnes. Carabiners are the perfect size and shape for the handles. For your next special occasion, turn a gift of wine into two presents in one.
Fabric Bowl Covers
Lighten up on the plastic wrap and foil; go green with these cute fabric bowl covers. They’re great for dining outside. Slip one over an open bowl to keep dirt and buggies from invading. When inside, they can help keep food warm.
Hot Handle Sleeves
Hot pads and oven mitts are great, but sometimes can be overkill when all you need to do is protect your hand while holding a hot pan or pot handle. Time to downsize with a slip-on hot handle sleeve.
Monogrammed Oven Mitts
An oven mitt has an excellent surface for embellishment. We chose a Flourish Alphabet Monogram to personalize ours, joking how we could embroider “L” on one hand, “R” on the other — just in case you get confused when baking!
Soup Bowl Cozy for Hot + Cold
One of our most popular patterns ever! Made with all natural fibers, these bowl wraps can go right into the microwave. But wait… there’s more. They work just as well to protect your hands from too cold dishes, like summertime ice cream.
Appliquéd Apple and Pear Kitchen Towels
So fresh and fun, we want to take a bite out of these cute kitchen towels! If you’re brand new to appliqué, this is a beginner-friendly design. A classic ticking stripe combines with muslin and rick rack for a perfect homespun combo.
Table Runner with Deep Ruffled Ends
Home décor fabric is a great choice for table linens. Motifs tend to be bigger and tones more dramatic, plus it’s thicker and more durable – good qualities for any table runner. To soften, we added deep ruffles in a handkerchief linen.
Picnic Blanket with Carry Wrap
Longer, sunnier days are perfect for a picnic. Our double layer blanket is simple + quick; you could start it after lunch and be using it by dinner. Reinforced corners with grommets let you spike the blanket into the ground.
Half Apron + Napkin Set in Cotton Toweling
Need a last minute gift? How about a super simple project for a beginning sewer? This kitchen linens classic gives you two projects in one: a set of napkins and a matching half apron in 100% cotton toweling. Pretty and popular!
Round Patchwork Placemats
Plates are traditionally round, but placemats are usually rectangles. Hmmmm. Square peg/round hole? How about a round mat? Ours are a generous 16″ in diameter, and they’re reversible: patchwork on the front, solid on the back.
Striped Table Runner with Decorative Stitching
Start with a simple yet bold fabric, add some distinctive decorative stitching, and you can have a stunning table runner perfect for any holiday gathering or special occasion. Remember, “Life is short; use the good china!”
Heart Shaped Slip-on Oven Mitts
Two hearts are better than one, and our heart shaped oven mitts are the perfect pair. They slip on to give you a protected, flexible grip. Free patterns are offered for both the full heart shape as well as the unique curved pockets.
Ruffle Bunnies Appliquéd Kitchen Towels
These bunnies are ready to hop-to-it and help with your dish drying. Download our free appliqué templates to make one towel, the full set of three…. or more! As you know, bunnies have many friends and relations.
Embroidered Floral Poppy Placemats + Napkins
We chose the Janome embroidery-only 550E machine to help create this beautiful set of embroidered placemats and napkins, selecting two built-in florals and stitching them against a shear ribbon lattice on a 100% linen background.
Mini Bushel Basket Liners with Pockets
Pretty picnic style or a unique Easter basket! These adorable pocketed liners are created especially for classic mini bushel baskets, which are super easy to source, but we also outline the steps to adapt the sizing for your own basket.
Patchwork Dresser Cloth with Button Accents
The idea of a dresser cloth might seem a bit old-fashioned, but it not only helps protect the wood surface from hairbrush dings and perfume spills, it also lends a lovely splash of color. Ours has a very vintage vibe.
Mini Clean Surface Mats
A handy, keep-clean trick for outdoor dining. Lay out these laminated mats: one as a surface for your meal, another to sit on. When done, simply wipe clean with a sanitizing spray, re-roll, and drop back in your bag.
Clothesline Hearts Appliquéd Napkins
Valentine’s Day is coming. Let your love show with a curlicue clothesline of hanging hearts. When you start with a set of purchased napkins, all that’s left is the easy appliqué. We show you a clever trace and stitch technique.