Feathering your nest with heirlooms you love gives you a refreshing look at the chores ahead. This is especially true in the kitchen where many of us spend a major part of our day.
How nice, then, to have something to add a highlight to your often-visited workspace, something delightful to enhance your table setting, and something fulfilling to stitch~
Going to visit a friend this summer? Having special guests overnight? Why not gift them a set of placemats to remember you by? Prepare several sets so they can choose one that suits their home or their purpose!
Placemats are the perfect size to try a new technique, so if you are new to quilting, you'll notice that there are a few different blocks in these placemats - easy squares, and flying geese...
In addition to that, if you're ready, you can use this as a platform to practice your free-motion quilting. A bit scared of free-motion? Well, you can't really fail, you can only get better, and if you're not happy, just use large plates at the dinner table! The manageable size (of the placemats ~ not the dinner plates) will be rewarding, and you sample many different styles of free-motion.
No need to find a drawer to store these - they're so beautiful they deserve a place where they can be admired long after dessert is served. We wrap ours around rolling pins, pair them up and tie them with a bow, add them to an end table, place them in the bathroom under delicate toiletries.
The type of batting you use is your choice - we really are fond of foam batting - it puffs the stitching so perfectly, creating hills and valleys in your quilting. There is an added benefit in that it never needs to be coaxed to lie flat - it just always looks good!
