I entered the word that I was in the midst of a project for Christmas some weeks ago. It got no replies and I should by all rights take that as dis-interest; however, the project of making embroidered Place Mats with lace and braid trim became so interesting to me I decided to mention the joy anyway. To date, I have finished 33 of the mates in colors white, red and green. Some are trimmed with lace I found in my mother's sewing kit (she died in 1980) some I found cotton trims at JoAnns - sales bin, etc. Anyway, it has been great fun and you might want to try some such idea youselves. I have a Janome machine and disks for Christmas decor among other patterns. I have a brand new Great Granddaughter about 4 months old and I made from scraps two Bibs which I intend to stuff into her Christmas Stocking.
Rhoda snipped-for-privacy@att.net