Spaghetti sauce. Grape jelly. Sloppy Joes. My family will never truly appreciate these placemats. They were a learning experience, too. The best part: practicing a slip stitch that would make an Amish woman weep. The worst part: ripping out 22 rows of stitching, after I decided I didn't like it ribbed. I think of designer Steve Tolleson's quote: "The absolute most challenging thing is to do something simple. Because simple has to be perfect." And so it was with the placemats. I am thinking Christmas would be the right time to do more. (No, you cannot twist my arm, Mom.)
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Placemats
Spaghetti sauce. Grape jelly. Sloppy Joes. My family will never truly appreciate these placemats. They were a learning experience, too. The best part: practicing a slip stitch that would make an Amish woman weep. The worst part: ripping out 22 rows of stitching, after I decided I didn't like it ribbed. I think of designer Steve Tolleson's quote: "The absolute most challenging thing is to do something simple. Because simple has to be perfect." And so it was with the placemats. I am thinking Christmas would be the right time to do more. (No, you cannot twist my arm, Mom.)
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3 comments:
beautiful! and I love that quote.
Oooh, these are awesome! I don't understand the reference to slip stitch and ribbed though -- they look quilted! I'm a dope and I need a remedial explanation LOL!
I had to hand stitch side openings. What I'm calling "ribbing" is quilting - I'd quilted quarter-inch rows over the entire placemat - it was way too busy that way. I still am in awe of your napkins, with the blue-dot binding. :)
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