Another Placemat or is is a Table centre.

 Quite a while ago I was given a bag of scraps and in it was this block of Australia. 

I decided to make it into a large placemat or table centre.

I like how it has turned out and this will be donated to Meals on Wheels.

More placemats

 Another day of sewing with my scraps. At some point I just have to cut into this fabric I have. The placemats are very easy to put together. Especially as they are QAYG. We never get many for the blokes.

I think have turned out pretty well.

Placemats for MEALS on WHEELS.

 Once again we are trying to make around 200 placemats for Sun Assist to hand out at Christmas time when the pay deliver MEALS on WHEELS in our area. At the moment we only have about 40 made. So I spent some time using up some strips and making a couple. 

Here are the scraps of purples I started with. These were leftovers from the butterfly blocks I made.

I started with a centre hexagon cut from a piece of chenille. I am making my placemats QAYG style.

Our group is having a tutorial tonight but I am not taking my machine. I pre-made my piece as I already new how to make the improved hexagonal log cabin block. I just kept going around like a log cabin until the wadding and backing was covered.

Time for trimming up. This always makes your piece look so much better.

I make them approx 12” x 18”. I find this is a good size.

2 trimmed up ready for binding.

This is the fabric I have left out of that pile.

They look good with the binding finished.

I like machine sewing my bindings on as they will be washed a lot and it is also quicker than hand sewing.

I have been sewing my bindings by machine for years but I came across this tutorial which was easy to follow. My friends always say they have trouble joining the ends. This video was very clear to understand.

Machine binding tutorial on YouTube

Rememberance Day Challenge

Our quilt group was doing a challenge for the 100 years Rememberance day display at the local information centre. It was hard to come up with an idea.

It was only to be A3 size. This is the size we have been making for MEALS ON WHEELS placemats for Xmas.

Put 2& 2 together and double up.. A placemat for a challenge was made. When the display is over it can be given to someone for a Xmas gift. Hopefully to cheer someone up.

So a design came together.

My poppies are cut out and ready to put into place.

All ironed on and ready to stitch

This is what I have used as the backing

Placemats are done

Here are the last of the placemats I have made for charity. 

These are being given to MEALS ON WHEELS recipients for Xmas.

They should be ok for the guys. 

They have wattle, gum nuts and gums leaves printed on them. Very Australian.

I made these up years ago when I first started ruler work machine quilting.

They were practice and sample pieces of each of the rulers. They are not fantastic works but I'm sure they will make someone happy.

I have now made about 20 to donate and this finish has made a space for me to pull out another UFO.