Seriously, we should do lunch… but this post is about my placemat pattern, “Let’s Do Lunch!”(LDL). I love this pattern. It is so fast to make up, and shows off your feature fabric beautifully. If you’d like the pattern, but don’t have it yet, you can email me at hanna@misswinnie.ca or buy it as a download it on Craftsy or Etsy, or from a participating fabric shop near you! 🤓

This is one of those fabric lines that I’ve been staring at for a couple years at work, trying to come up with a project that I could 1) use it for 2) actually had time to do! So it ended up being my test fabric for this pattern, and I’m so in love with them. Totally gonna keep this set for myself, along with the pot holders that I made with the leftovers.

I’m gonna go out on a limb here, and make the statement that most quilters are as stingy as I am with my fabric, and hate disposing of scraps. Since LDL would have some wastage, I made up a few examples of what you can do with the leftovers. Haha. Leftovers. Get it? Anyway, I just loved making potholders that match the placemats. Looks so cool on my table. You’d almost think I have my crap together… alas, I do not. In fact, one of the reasons I love placemats is because my boys have not yet perfected (nor even occasionally practice) the art of cleaning up after they spill. So why not use a tablecloth? Well, I’m not caught up on laundry enough to keep tablecloths clean. Also, it’s hard to find a pattern that sits perfectly on your table. Also, I like seeing the “wood” on my table, and tablecloths cover that up. So yeah… I just find placemats easier to keep up with. And you can have so many of them to play with! Ack! They’re so fun!

Well, I digress, but here’s a couple of cute little ideas that you can do with your LDL leftovers, or really, it’s just cute to make up on their own.

LDL! Leftovers patterns

Now, if you’ve already made LDL, you don’t have to measure anything – you can just take your leftovers, follow the pictures and sew! However, if you want to replicate or make some on your own, I’ll add the requirements and directions shortly.

Here’s the order in which I pieced them together:

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I have to say that I was late to the whole “hashtag” thing. I didn’t understand what the purpose was. Now that I’ve realized that if I hashtag something, I can see all other things “hashtagged” with the same thing, I finally understood the purpose. Lightbulb! Anyway, my point is that when I write #misswinniedesigns or #letsdolunch, I/we can see all the other projects that have been hashtagged. So I know I sound like a total newb, and totes naive (can you hear my ironic sincerity?), but it’s cool ‘cuz I’m cool. I’m hip to the groovy jargon.

So… Share! And hashtag!

Author: Hanna

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