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AccuQuilt GO! Fun Flower Candle Mat

April 16, 2014 By Connie Kresin 25 Comments

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AccuQuilt GO! Fun Flower Candle Mat

Remember the cute little candles I got for my birthday…….well I decided I need a little candle mat for them so I pulled out a cute batik with little hexagons on it and my AccuQuilt Fun Flower die.

AccuQuilt GO! Fun Flower Candle Mat

You will need the following:

  • 1 – 16 x 16 inch background fabric
  • 1 – fat quarter of a batik for the the flowers
  • Iron on fusible webbing – I used Heat n Bond Lite
  • 1 – 16 x 16 piece of batting – I used Warm & Natural
  • 1 – 16 x 16 backing fabric
  • 2 – 2 1/2 inch strips the width of fabric for binding
  • Thread to match flowers and also for background quilting

I cut my batik into 5 inch strips and added the iron on fusible webbing to the back. I then cut out 8 flowers with my AccuQuilt GO! Baby and the Fun Flower die.

I ironed my background fabric in half, then folded again and then on the diagonal to get the creases shown below. Then I removed the paper from the fusible and placed my flowers on with the corner flowers having a petal 2 inches from the edge and the over 4 flowers spaced 3 1/2 inches from the edge as shown.

AccuQuilt GO! Fun Flower Candle Mat

I placed my batting behind the top but I didn’t add the backing yet. I then used my vintage 15-91 Singer to free motion quilt around each flower using a dark brown thread.

AccuQuilt GO! Fun Flower Candle Mat

When I was done appliqueing around the flowers I added my backing, switched to a light creme thread and echo quilted around the flowers and filled in with some stippling.

 

AccuQuilt GO! Fun Flower Candle Mat

Just a little wiggle, wiggle around the flowers.

AccuQuilt GO! Fun Flower Candle Mat

When I did my trunk show at the Friendship Quilt guild last week everyone noticed that…..I wasn’t very good at labeling my quilts so that is something I am going to work on. Yesterday Barb sent me a link to a cute Easter bunny tutorial by Julie of The Crafty Quilter that you should check out and…..Julie put a cute little label on it so I decided to make one too from a 5 inch square.

I pieced together my 2 strips of binding, folded it in half and stitched it to the front of my piece after I attached the little label in the corner.

AccuQuilt GO! Fun Flower Candle Mat

I then stitched down the binding on the back side. Isn’t that a cute fabric on the back….I have no idea how long or where I got it but my dad happened to walk by when I was working on this and…..thought the back was beautiful. When I flipped it over and showed him the front……he still said he liked the back better…..

 

AccuQuilt GO! Fun Flower Candle Mat

Nothing fancy but I have a label!

AccuQuilt GO! Fun Flower Candle Mat

This was a fast little fun project to make.

 

AccuQuilt GO! Fun Flower Candle Mat

Here is the candle mat with one of the candles.

AccuQuilt GO! Fun Flower Candle Mat

This is the way I will have it sit on the table. 

AccuQuilt GO! Fun Flower Candle Mat

I also took a picture with the lights turned down low so you could see the candles better.

AccuQuilt GO! Fun Flower Candle Mat

 

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  1. Michele

    April 20, 2014 at 11:16 am

    I like, I like!

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  2. Createology

    April 18, 2014 at 2:34 pm

    Lovely Floral Candle Mat. Such a great gift idea. How amazing that you used your vintage Singer to do the quilting. Creative Candle Bliss…

    Reply
  3. Lin Marsh

    April 18, 2014 at 12:26 am

    I meant to tell you how much I like the faux trapunto you did on the candle mat.
    Lin

    Reply
  4. Lorna McMahon

    April 17, 2014 at 5:59 pm

    Gorgeous little mat, Connie! I love the fabrics you chose and your quilting is perfect. Really accentuates those fun flowers! Thanks sew much for sharing the tutorial!

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  5. Tami C

    April 17, 2014 at 5:57 pm

    Love your little candle mat. You do such lovely work!

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  6. Lin Marsh

    April 17, 2014 at 3:45 pm

    Great candle mat. Good reminder for labels.
    Lin

    Reply
  7. Lin Marsh

    April 17, 2014 at 3:44 pm

    Great candle mat. Good reminder for labels.
    Lin

    Reply
  8. Kelly Vetch

    April 17, 2014 at 2:23 am

    I love the flowers! Lots of inspiration here!

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  9. Kathi Riemer

    April 17, 2014 at 2:09 am

    Wow!! This candle mat is beautiful!
    Kathi

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  10. [email protected]

    April 17, 2014 at 1:05 am

    Love your FMQ around the flowers it is so cute.

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  11. Joyce Carter

    April 17, 2014 at 12:26 am

    It is really lovely, Connie. The fabric on the back is very nice, too, and goes so well with the front.

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  12. Kelly @ Sew With Kelly

    April 16, 2014 at 11:02 pm

    Connie, just love your projects! Another way to use your accuquilt dies, cut out of black paper, scan and bring into silhouette studio…all sorts so fun to try things out!

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  13. The Quiltwhinny

    April 16, 2014 at 5:39 pm

    Lovely mat. Enjoyed the detailed photos of your free motion quilting with your little Singer workhorse. So happy to see your clever label! Hoping to see more!!

    Reply
  14. Colleen

    April 16, 2014 at 4:20 pm

    That is very pretty! I am guilty of not labeling my quilts too. Hubby always tells me this. 🙂

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  15. Susan Arnold

    April 16, 2014 at 3:42 pm

    Lovely little piece!

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  16. Marcie's Quilting Therapy

    April 16, 2014 at 3:16 pm

    Love it Connie! I'm going to go through my stash this morning! Yours is one of my favorite blogs – thanks for the wonderful ideas, tutorials and photos of the river. I love in Northern Nevada by Carson City – we have Lake Tahoe close, but a little pricey for waterfront property! I recently started my own blog – one of my reasons it to remember when I actually made a project – I guess I'll have to get better at those labels, too!

    Reply
  17. patchouli moon studio

    April 16, 2014 at 2:47 pm

    Connie I love your little quilted mat, but you had better get some glass candle dishes or something to catch the dripping candle wax. You don't want ot get hot wax on your lovely mats! Lol!

    Reply
  18. Carol

    April 16, 2014 at 2:17 pm

    Such a sweet candle mat with those flowers and your beautiful stitching…nice!

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  19. Lori

    April 16, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    This is so pretty. I love both sides. Perfect for your new candles

    Reply
  20. Vroomans' Quilts

    April 16, 2014 at 6:32 pm

    Great photos! What a sweet little piece and it is always fun to see what you do with your 'old' machine.

    Reply
  21. Vicki in MN

    April 16, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    Very cute mat-I need to get me some candles like that! I am one that does not take the time to label my quilts either 🙁

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  22. Pat

    April 16, 2014 at 11:46 am

    Very nice. I like the fabric on the back, too. I think it really goes well with the flowers on the front. You will enjoy those candles, I'm sure. I don't use anything else these days – not since the time I fell asleep and woke up to my huge (really huge) candle that burned unevenly and had dripped wax all over my glass coffee table. These are realistic and so much safer!

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  23. Needled Mom

    April 16, 2014 at 2:53 pm

    That is so attractive and perfect for the new candles.

    Reply
  24. beaquilter

    April 16, 2014 at 1:32 pm

    Gorgeous! love it, don't think I have that flower, I have the funky flowers and tulips, uhhh it's almost tulip season! hmmm

    Reply
  25. Sue Daurio

    April 16, 2014 at 1:05 pm

    what a great candle mat! Love the hexie batik fabric.

    Reply

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