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Placemats

Quilting

I was having lunch with Stacia and Ron and admired the placemats we were using. She had used mini-charms (2.5″ squares) and placed a border around them to make them the right size. I planned a couple of sets of placemats as Christmas gifts and thought this would be a quick and easy pattern.

When I got home I realized that my pre-cut squares were only 2″, which meant the squares would finish at just 1.5″. I added an extra row of squares and sewed an extra square on each row. Most of the squares were sewn together as leaders and enders. Quilting was an easy cross-hatch.

I was happy with the results.

Cards & Tags

Needlework

Depending on the size these could either be called cards or tags; I use them interchangeably. If I counted correctly there were 31 in this year’s batch.

I’ve usually start working on them in October and I’ve already collected a number of patterns for next year.

If your particular piece is missing it’s because I wrapped some parcels before I remembered to take a photo. There were also some duplicates and I didn’t take more than one photo.