Mats!

By Judith
 on October 16, 2017

Hello everyone!

 

I hope you are all safe after storm Ophelia made her presence known here today!  Perhaps you got to stay inside and sew!

 

Yesterday I had a little free time and got to play with some scraps.

 

Scrappy Tilda Mat

 

I define scraps as leftovers from another project.  These Tilda strips were the leftover cuts from a quilt I made recently.  Waaaaay to pretty to chuck!

 

I had no real plan, other than my need for a couple of mats for my new kitchen.

 

Scrappy Tilda Mat

 

There's something so satisfying about sewing strips together and just seeing where they take you.

 

Scrappy Tilda Mat

 

A little addition of Essex Yarn Dyed Linen (Flax) and 'Oven Glove' wadding turned this mat into a trivet style hot pad.  I love the texture the extra thick wadding gives when quilted!

 

Scrappy Tilda Mat

 

With the leftover strips I had pieced, I just quilted them in the same way with standard wadding and voila!  I now have a handy mat for my Tea, Coffee and Sugar canisters to sit on.

 

Scrappy Tilda Mat

Scrappy Tilda Mat

 

Oh and there's one more to show you!

 

EPP Mat

 

I turned a little EPP (English Paper Piecing) class sample into another hot mat (there's oven glove wadding inside this one too!).

 

EPP Mat

 

A mixture of Tilda and non-Tilda scraps in this one, on a background of more Essex Yarn Dyed Linen (Flax).

 

So now I have a choice of pretty mats to choose from!

 

No better way to spend a relaxing few hours!

 

Happy quilting!

 

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2 comments on “Mats!”

  1. These are so pretty! Next time I visit I may accidentally let one slip into my bag - though in this house somebody would be certain to put a pot dripping with pasta sauce on it. Perhaps, on second thoughts, they should stay with you 😉

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