 These started as a plan to use up more of the Indonesian batik scraps but, honestly, they didn't make a dent in the scrap. The other motivation was to use the rest of the backing fabric on the Indonesian batik quilt. I had about 18" of 108" wide fabric at the end of the quilt and that was perfect for 6 placemats. I'll have to come up with a postcard design to use the rest of batik scraps but I used every inch of the dyed backing. The background is a gradient fabric that I had in my stash. I don't know what I originally dyed it for but it worked out just fine for these.  The tree and the circles are fused and all of the stitching is free motion.  I had enough of the gradient to do 4 using the blue/orange side of the gradient but I had room on my extra quilt back for 2 more placemats.  The other half of the gradient was green so I made these 2 with green backgrounds. I like both sets. I'll keep the 4 blue ones and give the green pair to Mom.
I'm happy to have another finish for 2018.
Laceflower
12/28/2018 03:03:50 pm
They're lovely, I hope they stand up to all the washing placemats get. Glad you're holiday was perfect.
Elsa
12/28/2018 03:21:56 pm
Love what you did, but they look to pretty to use as placemats.
Gene Black
12/28/2018 03:48:10 pm
Very nice!!! I love them.
Pamela North
12/28/2018 03:52:16 pm
Love this idea. I have the Go cutter circles and plenty of batiks so I'm part of the way there.
Mary Johnson
12/28/2018 09:25:58 pm
These are gorgeous!
shirley swift-bruner
12/29/2018 10:00:40 am
those are so pretty. i love your design
Mary Anne
12/29/2018 06:00:57 pm
I love these so much! But (and you know what's coming, don't you!)....I still think this design would look utterly amazing embiggened and done as the centerpiece of a bed quilt. Ducking and running now.....
patty
1/2/2019 12:24:23 pm
The placemats turned out fabulous! Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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