Place Mats (or making a daughter smile)

Completed.

The last of the kitchen accessories requested by my daughter.

I told her I would make these quilted place mats

but would need to machine quilt them

with straight lines.

No fancy machine quilting here.

But when it came down to it

I could not put straight lines on these lovely swirls!

So I designed a quilting pattern

and made a template

And this is how it came out...

 

This backing is actually black but the flash washed it out.

And this is a close-up so only a corner.

I much prefer doing hand quilting on a hoop/frame

 but did not have anything to accommodate this size

 and had put enough time into this project.

Not to mention it is not easy with Carpal Tunnel.

Besides as you can see

the quilting really doesn't show on the front.

But she will be happy.

And that is what a mother wants most.