Valentine Placemats
How are things in your part of the world? Around here, it's been quite cold and a little dreary. We had a pretty good snowstorm last week and before that, an ice storm that made it impossible to walk or open the car doors...Good Times! Not really....you know how I feel about Winter. Since I was stuck indoors, (let's face it, bad knees and an icy sidewalk are a really bad idea) I decided to repurpose my Valentine tablecloth into placemats. Placemats just work better for me. This post may contain affiliate links. It was pretty big - sorry, I didn't measure it, but it covered my 35" x 52" table with lots of overhang. I wanted four placemats measuring 12" x 19", so I cut 8 - 13" x 20" rectangles. This allowed 1/2" seams. I placed them right sides together... ...and sewed all the way around them leaving an opening for turning. The corners were clipped... ...and then they were turned right side out. Time to press and add top-...