These placemats and coasters are a host gift for my aunt and uncle, who happily entertain us at their farm over Easter every year.

The fabrics are from the Blossom range by Urban Chiks for Moda.  Each placemat and coaster has a layer of fusible wadding inside.  The placemats are based on the ones in Amy Butler’s book In Stitches, and the coasters based on the ones in Last Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson.  These placemats are much smaller than the Amy Butler ones (size was dictated by how much fabric I had) but are still plenty large enough at 46cm x 29 cm (18″ x 11.5″). 

I did a little machine quilting around the circles and along the seamlines, and topstitched around the outside.  The reverse side is a contrast colourway from the same fabric line.

The coasters were very quick and simple to make – just lots of going around and around to get the geometric quilting pattern done.  Whoops, no separate photo of the coasters!  We’ll have to look at Miss Stella with the set instead.  She enjoyed playing with the coasters.  Have I mentioned that she can now stand on her own?  Yikes!

Have a lovely Easter everyone!