Finished Place Mats

These worked up pretty quickly and I sewed and quilted the four in one day.  I marked the quilting lines with a ruler and Frixion pen (disappears when ironed) and used my walking foot.  I hand sewed the bindings last night.

Fabric Auditions for Place Mats

I am continuing to use my Oriental Fabric stash to update my dining room.  Last night I went through my stash and started to cut out placemats.

I find that taking a photo first really helps with choosing the best layout.  Looking at the photos, I already see some things I want to change.

Place Mats are Finished

These were a lot of fun to make.  I did the straight line stitching with the Dual Feed Foot on my Janome Horizon.  I resisted the urge to quilt them to death!

Thanks again to Lisa at Shiner's View for her great tutorial!

Toy Hauler Place Mats

I made these place mats a few months ago for our Toy Hauler.  I have fabric left over to make some napkins.  I made these at the last minute, just before leaving for the Antique Motorcycle Run in Death Valley. 

Place mats update

Place Mats

Here are some fabrics I am auditioning for some place mats. I first saw a great tutorial for these over on Lisa's blog, Shiner's View.  I want to make these for my girlfriend, who already has made herself napkins with the green batik.   She also made some purple batik ones.

The green batik is her own leftover that she gave me, and the purple is one one from my stash that I think will match.  I think it will be really fun to give her these place mats with her own fabric in them!

The ivory background is linen.  I just remembered I had this!  It is cut from antique linen sheets I inherited from my grandmother.  I had used two of them to make our bedroom curtains, and the sheets were so long that I had to cut off 30" at the bottom of each.  Consequently I have more than enough to make 6 placemats.

Knowing Cherie, she will say, "Yikes, white!  These will get dirty!"   I made her two quilted pot holders some time ago and she refuses to use them!