Good Early Morning to all of you participating in the Tree Bird Blog Hop hosted by Lana from It Seams to be Sew.
I of course had great aspirations for my project today and was working on something, but as usual work and life got in the way. On top of that I happened to be at one of my local quilt stores last week and find none other than the Beautiful Birds fabric. Well, I could not leave that behind.
So, here is what I came up with quickly to show case this awesome fabric:
I made four of these, but my dining room table is huge and I can't seem to get a decent picture of all four on the table!
Here is a close up of one place-mat. I chose to quilt these in a simple diagonal pattern so as to look like the wire at the zoo! ☺
The ceramic birds were painted by my son and I a couple years back and I thought they looked appropriate on the table with the other birds!
Please check out the other participants in today's adventure at:
Hope this inspires your own creativity...
Kathy
Lovely place mats! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletePlacemats are always good to make. Useful, fun to look at, and you can always make them for gifts!
ReplyDeleteYou can never go wrong with placemats.
ReplyDeleteSweet place mats. You did a nice job.
ReplyDeleteGreat placemats!
ReplyDeleteVery cute place mats. A great use of the fabrics.
ReplyDeletelovely mats what a lovely day to begin your day
ReplyDeleteYour place mats make a lovely table setting.
ReplyDeleteI love to use a special placemat....and these are wonderful! Enjoy using them!
ReplyDeleteVery nice place mats!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had thought of this! I love the way this fabric looks in placemats! blessings, marlene
ReplyDeletethis fabric made great placemats Kathy...love them!!!
ReplyDeleteYour placemats turned out lovely! Beautiful
ReplyDeleteLove your placemats! Great way to start the day....
ReplyDeleteLovely placemats
ReplyDeleteI like your placemats and the diagonal quilting is the perfect touch!
ReplyDeleteI like the placemats and how you blended the fabrics together. it's cool how it showcases the birdhouses fabric.
ReplyDeleteWhat great placemats! Now you can enjoy your birds every day!
ReplyDeleteThose are lovely and I'll bet they look fabulous on the table.
ReplyDeleteYou did a wonderful job on your placemats. I love them.
ReplyDeleteGreat job. Simple, and yet so pretty. My kind of sewing!
ReplyDeleteSweet looking placemats that just shine in that beautiful fabric!
ReplyDeleteThese ARE LOVELY!!! So nice that you will get to see these everyday! You did a FINE job!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThese ARE LOVELY!!! So nice that you will get to see these everyday! You did a FINE job!!!!!
ReplyDeleteVery practical project, love those! It is such lovely fabric, so colorful!
ReplyDeleteI love it...that birdhouse fabric is my favorite of the line! What a springy way to set the table! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI like the way you showcased the fabric! I wonder if you could make a rug size with an enlarged pattern?! Hmm.....I'll have to give it more thought--thanks for the inspiration today!
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ReplyDeleteLove your cheery placemats! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteKathy I think your place mats are prefect to bring Spring into your home. You can almost here the chirping coming from them and the little ceramic birds that you & your son are the prefect accents to go with your place mats too. Thank You for sharing them with us today.
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Tricia
What a good idea you had. I like your placemats and yes they do show off the fabric. I bet they look georgeous on your table.
ReplyDeleteI agree, placemats are great for showing off a fabric without cutting it up too small, They look great on your table with your little birdies. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteFabulous and fun Tree Bird placemats. Thank you sew very much for Tree Bird hopping and participating. Creative Bird Bliss...
ReplyDeleteThey look great. And the birds made by you and your son are perfect with them.
ReplyDeleteNice placemats and perfect for spring.
ReplyDeleteNice looking place mats and I'm sure your loving the spring time feel they bring to your large table. Very nice, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove your placemats, very nicely done!
ReplyDeleteYour place mats look lovely and the quilting is clever too!
ReplyDeleteYour ceramic birds look perfect with those mats. You can set a springy table with these.
ReplyDeleteKathy, I love the placemats and adore the idea of the diagonal quilting to replicate the wire fence at the zoo. When I saw your son's ceramic birds on the table, I thought, "How, perfect!" I thought they were salt and pepper shakers. Thanks for joining the hop and sharing your wonderful project.
ReplyDeleteI love your placemats. Such a great use of that print. The dark green creates such perfect framing for the birdhouse print.
ReplyDeleteThe fabric is pretty enough that anything made from it would be very nice indeed. You could have just stacked the placemats on the table to show us.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful placements. I like how you used the panels.
ReplyDeletelovely placemats
ReplyDeleteThis fabric is just so lovely that 'showcasing' it is absolutely perfect. You've done that so well and I know you'll be enjoying the placemats daily.
ReplyDeleteThis fabric is just so lovely that 'showcasing' it is absolutely perfect. You've done that so well and I know you'll be enjoying the placemats daily.
ReplyDeleteYour placemats are just too cute. A great use of the bird fabric.
ReplyDeleteCute place mats. Love the birdhouses.
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