Placemats

 

This is probably the year where I am making a lot of placemats. I found the pattern the Norwegian designer Annaka publised in a Norwegian quilt magasin a few years ago and made this 8 placemats for our cottage up in Hemsedal.

Then I decided to make some for my brother as well. Saturday my husband and I were invited for a supper and to stay over night. So they got 6 of the same. On Sunday morning they were used for the first time when we had our breakfast.

Elisabeth

X-block ruler

 

 

One Friday some weeks ago Sølvi Alfnes challenged us to start using rulers we still hadn’t used. I decided to use my X-block ruler. I watched some videos on YouToube so I knew how to use it. I picked out some maritime fabrics from my stash and started. I was a bit scared but after a while I felt quite comfortable in using it. These placemats were the result of my first attemt.

I was quite happy with them I twisted the blocks and put them together in different ways. Here are four of them.

Elisabeth

My last works

 

The red and white one was started during the Christmas holiday. I found a pattern on the internet and decided to make it. I picked out the fabrics and everything else I needed for sewing this during our holiday. It was easy to make but when I was nearly done I didn’t have a fabric for the frame. Luckily I was helped by a quilting friend in my neighbourhood. So I finished it but didn’t had the curriage to machine quilt it at once. Some weeks ago I got the spirit and it was very quickly done.

 

The first picture showing the start. The next one is showing the finished quilt and the third picture is showing the machine quilting, close up to.