Do you have children, nephews, friends who love playing with cars? Why not create a DIY drawstring car play mat, perfect for storage of cars, plus play. I love how with the addition of a drawstring means the play mat pulls up into draw string bag. So easy to tidy away when the child has finished playing.

Make clean up a breeze after playtime is over with this reversible drawstring play mat. Reversible usage opens up opportunities for storytelling, such as blue for the sea, and orange for land. What you need The size is plenty large for us, so the instructions below do have exact measurements. It’s about 40inches in diameter, but if you want it a different size, you should be able to easily adjust the instructions below. Sew them together into one large strip. Make sure to put the edges right side together, so the seam doesn’t show. Fold both Main & Inner fabric pieces half, and then half again to create a quarter. Place patter on top of fabric and cut according to pattern.

Starting at one end of the fabric tube, “thread” the rope through until you reach the other end. You’ll have to do a bit of tugging and adjustment until the mat lays flat and the tubing isn’t bunched up. Clip into the seam allowance. Press. Turn right sides out and press, including turning in the edge of the turning gap.

Sew 1/4″ stitch around the circle, starting at the beginning of the part you left unpinned and stopping at the other end right before the gap. Using a bodkin (or a bobby pin), thread the canvas ribbon from one slit opening to the next. Repeat with the other side.

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Due to the size I suggest usingfabric glue to hold them in place, then stitching along the edges in zigzag to firmly hold them in place. Paint on your central markings on the roads with fabric paint. So, by all means, this is not a super unique and original idea, but I think I put my own unique twist on it. Here’s the tutorial — it really is pretty simple and should just take 1-3 hours (depending on how fast you are!) I think this would be a great birthday gift or even a baby shower gift. Fold one piece of fabric into quarters. Each edge needs to be at least 21″ (or one inch more than what you want the radius of the finished product should be. Iron the edges, and then starting at one corner, make multiple 20″ marks in an arch across the fabric. The more marks you have, the easier it will be to connect the lines and cut! After you’ve connected the line, cut along the line. Decide on fabric choices for each building, tree, shape. Iron your sheet of glue onto the reverse. Cut out the right size in the fabric and then iron into place on the playmat. Use parchment paper to protect your iron.