This month's mini project used up some leftover green 9 patch blocks sewn into a little heart, and a very old embroidery pattern. It was great fun to pick out some green threads to use! Green is a wonderful colour with such a wide range of tone and value.
Which green thread is best?
The heart block is made from nine patch blocks made of 1" squares (finishing .5" in the quilt). There are a total of 22 little nine patch blocks in the placemat which makes my heart sing :)
This is a photo of the backing so you can see the quilting design.
The finished size of this placemat is 14.5" x 18" and it will be donated to Meals on Wheels to be given out with the lunches delivered to house bound folks in my community.This is the 3rd in my series this year inspired by the Joyful Quilter's Tablescraps challenge, and The Constant Quilter's crew of mini quilters.
Sweet GREEN scrappy, stitchy UFO finish for the Table Scraps Challenge, Kathy!! Well done. It will make a lovely donation for Meals on Wheels!
ReplyDeleteThat is so cute, Kathy! I love your embroidered lime lady included with all those pretty green 9 patches.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fabulous mini! Someone special is going to love it!
ReplyDeleteAlways good to use up all those scraps and leftovers from our quilts and to make it into something useful for someone to love!
ReplyDeleteGreat way to incorporate that embroidery into such a worthwhile project! Our local guild just decided that we will make enough placemats for all the Meals on Wheels recipients in our area at Christmas. We each will make 12 placemats between now and then...I will mine my leftover HST's and blocks for some of my placemats.
ReplyDeleteIt's a wonderful way to use up an older embroidery and beautiful scrappy blocks. I'm sure the recipient will absolutely love and treasure they're placemat.
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet embroidered block and love how you made a placemat. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteSomeone is going to receive a lovely lunch mat! This one is very cute and I love to see the back to get a good look at the quilting. Love her pigtails too!
ReplyDeleteHow fun this turned out! Love how so many are making place mats for meals on wheels. I need to look into that in my community.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun to see two random bits turned into such an adorable project. The go great together and will be so much more appreciated as a finished project than stashed in a bin.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! The embroidered girl looks so 70's, very retro. Great way to dress up a place mat and the heart says it all.
ReplyDeleteHow fun that you incorporated both your embroidery and the pieced nine patches into a delightful finish. Great use of all those greens for the month of March.
ReplyDeleteWonderful use of leftovers, Kathy. That is sure to brighten someone's day!
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