Over the last few years, I have had the best time using up scraps to make a rainbow of quilted placemats, both to give away and to use on our table. This is just a fraction of them for the photo, but you can tell they are used, washed, and used again!
One color combination that I've never made into a placemats is browns - or the Fall colors as I like to think of them - dark and light browns, golds, and sandy tones. Since I had those out this month to make some patchwork hearts, it was the perfect timing to make a new placemat, too.
I started with strips and rectangles, and pieced them in columns.
Zooming in - there are leaves in some of these prints, too. (That's our extra challenge for the month, from Joy)!
Next I connected the columns with some strips of a gold print that has been in my stash for a long time. It started as a wide backing that I used for a quilt I made several years ago, and now the leftovers are in the scrap bin, waiting to be used up!
Some simple quilting of a curvy grid, plus backing, and binding, and it's ready to use!
The backing comes from a piece of fabric Nann included in her goody box
that she sent to me last month. Perfect for the "brown" theme!
So now there is a placemat to get out for Fall. Maybe I need to make a few more?!
Linking up at all my favorite scrappy places:
Joyful Quilter
Alycia Quilts
SoScrappy
Quilting is More Fun than Housework
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