More Placemats . . .

Two more placemats have been completed for the local Meals on Wheels. 

 

I tried to use a decorative stitch on this one. I ended up with large puckers on a couple of rows that had to subsequently be removed. I continued with a stitch in the ditch to get the overall placemat to lie flat. 

That brings my total to five right now. They measure approximately 13.5 X 18.5 inches.

And, although not fiber, I have been wanting to get back into painting. I finished a watercolor sketch of a pear following in the style of Anna Mason. Although it looks nothing like the video project on Watercolors with Wow, on its own, it's not a bad first try.

Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts, Finish it up Friday.

Placemats for Meals on Wheels

Two quilt guilds I belong to here in Rhode Island, are currently collecting 

pieced and quilted place-mats to donate to R.I. Meals on Wheels.

The goal is to collect 1,000 place-mats to be delivered to the home bound recipients of a daily hot meal.

I have completed three and have two more that just need bindings. The first one is made from two orphan blocks I picked up at our annual quilt retreat. Not sure where they came from but a much appreciated thank you is being sent out to the quilter that decided to donate them.

This place-mat came about from left over strips which were sewn into a lone star quilt.

This place-mat has six left over blocks from a Slice and Dice quilt.

 

I did tried a decorative quilting stitch on one but after HOURS of ripping out the puckers, I decided to finish the other four with a simple stitch-in-the-ditch quilting. All have been backed with with this purple.

Each is sized at approximately 14 in x 19 in.

Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts, Finish it up Friday
and
 Sew Darn Crafty Link-Up Party at Sew May Ways. . .