This month for our quilt guild project, we were supposed to make a heart table runner. I didn't really want to make the table runner, because it was too big for the table that I use a table runner on. So, instead of making a table runner I wouldn't actually use, I decided to use the elements of the table runner to make a couple of place mats. I had to do a little figuring to translate it into place mats, but for me that is half (or maybe more than half) the fun. The finished place mats are 13 inches by 16 inches.
I also did something new, for me, when it came to quilting them. I free-motion quilted them using my regular home sewing machine. I had never actually done that on a project before. Anytime in the past, when I had tried it on a scrap, I always ended up with a snarled mess on the back of the fabric. It has been a long time since I tried before, so I'm not sure what all I did differently this time. But I didn't adjust the tension at all and I didn't drop the feed dogs. I just put on the darning foot and quilted it. I think it turned out looking really nice. It isn't perfect or anything, but I like the way it looks. You can see the quilting a little better in the picture below.
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