This evening I finally finished off my second mother's day project! Mother's day in that I bought the fabric with mother's day gift money, not actually mother related at all... but I digress.
Introducing: My first creation for my son, a placemat for when we go out to eat!
I've been itching to make something for the little man for a while now and I'm excited with how well this came out. There were a lot of lessons on the way (did you know bias tape is smaller on one side than the other? You probably did, but I did not), but I am thrilled with the end result. I can't wait until Sunday when we go out to lunch after church so it can make its debut!
I used 2 fabrics from the Circus by L'Miss collection. The pocket fabric came from the remnants bin. The inspiration and tutorial came from Gwenny Penny. Thank you so much Gwen!
I love that it rolls up for easy transportation, and the adorable pocket for utensils!
I'm also thinking about making one for a friend of ours. We are planning to invite them to dinner, and I would like to make a placemat for their daughter!
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Oh wow! What a good idea! I would LOVE to have one for my boy. By chance, do you have a way to make it "stick" to the table? Just wondering...
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ReplyDeleteThis turned out great!!! I LOVE the fabric you used... too cute :)
ReplyDeleteThis is an awesome idea, and I don't even have kids! :)
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