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NYB Rainbow Place Mats

It's ok - Christmas can happen: the place mats, a present for my Mum, are finished!

They don't have quite as much embroidery on them as I had planned, as I couldn't transfer the design with much success. But now they are finished and laid out together, I do like the simple running stitch. They are quite small - only 12 x 10" - but that suits my Mum's table.

The pattern for the New York Beauty Block can be found here and I used the freezer paper foundation piecing technique (great tutorial here). I have then quilted wobbly lines, added the running stitch in DMC threads to match the fabrics (which are all batiks), then finished them off with a batik back and some top stitch (which very nearly broke my sewing machine when then needle snapped!).
I love the leaves on the yellow fabric

To finish off the present, I took some of the off-cuts and stitched them together to create a "ribbon" in the loosest sense of the word, and tied a bow round them.

Now I have to wait to Tuesday to see if Mum likes them!

Edited to add - it looks like the link to the PDF is broken - try this one!
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Grit said…
Fantastisch !!!
Liebe Grüße Grit
23 December 2012 at 06:32
Karen M said…
You created a beautiful set. Your Mom will love them. Nice finish. Merry Christmas.
23 December 2012 at 11:23
Kim said…
Love those placemats, and that's a stunning NYB block. When I followed your link though, it led to a non-existent web page. Is there any chance you have the template downloaded and would be prepared to pass it on?
1 January 2013 at 08:25
Jennie said…
I've updated the post with a new link to the PDF! Enjoy! (Kim - you're a no reply blogger, so I couldn't contact you directly - sorry)
3 January 2013 at 18:06
Nic said…
I love these. Bet your mum did too
4 January 2013 at 08:16
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