A pair of linen placemats with a circle on a wooden table

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Linen circle placemats

A pair of placemats in natural linen and coarse-woven cotton canvas. A circle is set into the middle, and the areas around it are quilted with straight stitching in parallel lines.

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Why I made it

The placemats were a Christmas present. I wanted them minimal, in a natural yet modern style. So I kept to the natural shades of linen and looked for interest in texture instead: smooth linen next to coarse canvas, and stitching whose lines turn 90 degrees from one area to the next.

What I learned

They were my chance to try setting a circular piece into a flat panel.

Finished

Linen placemat with an inset circle of coarse canvas

Details

Straight stitching in lines turned 90 degrees

Circle of coarse-woven cotton canvas next to quilted linen