Placemats

They are beautiful, Sandy. Are they beigey tones up to dark brown - I wasn't quite sure from my monitor? I always thing it is a shame when a lovely pattern is covered up by the plate! So your use of the toile is great. . In message , Sandy writes

love the placemats, but what I love even more is the waterlily cushion, was a pattern or book used at the class? I rather fancy making one for myself.

Cheers Anne

Thanks, Anne. That was a project we did in my local group, and the instructor just gave us verbal instructions. I wish I'd written everything down, but I was just trying to "keep up". :S

Thanks, Pat. :) Yes, they're beige through taupe to dark brown. I know it's hard to tell whether our monitors are "telling the truth". ;) I was just desperate not to have these blocks turn into a UFO, and I'd recently finished that table runner. The mats don't really go with the runner, but that's what gave me the idea. Finished, as Ragmop says, is good. ;)

Lovely, Sandy. Elegant. It's wonderful how the black and wee bit of red is 'ahhhh, just right'. Polly

What a neat idea. They're lovely. Gen

Hi Sandy, they're lovely.

Hadn't realised that there was a French speaking group, so have just signed up! Will tell the French ladies that I quilt with as well, because they are only just discovering the Internet!!!

Janner France

Thanks, Roberta. :)

Thanks, Gen. :)

Very nice! I wouldn't have thought of that, but it is an excellent use of the blocks.

Thanks, Janner. Which group did you sign up with? I was in one some time ago, but people in that one became a bit too immovable for my taste -- which is really saying something, since I'm fairly rigid myself. However, I found a second one that's very friendly and encouraging.

Thanks, Polly. :) The black is just a minor addition, as it's part of the dark brown print I used in the sashing and binding. I think that's why I liked that fabric so much -- the black seems to accent it just right. :)

Thanks, Deb. :) I was desperate .... ;)

Perfect! Isn't it great when you discover a use for blocks that you initially regarded as not quite up to par? Turns out they were just meant for something else. :-)

Michelle in NV

Exactly! They were no good at all for the original project, but they worked out for this one. :)

Those are very cool. I like working with 4" or 6" blocks!

G> I belong to a Yahoo group of French-speaking quilters who had a BOM over

Thanks, Ginger. :) I like smaller blocks, as opposed to 10" or up, too. :)

Beautiful! They look very classy! And they look as if you had carefully planned them just like that all along.