I have to admit that placemats haven't always been standard fare in my house. There is a drawer for them, just as there is a drawer for tea, a drawer for coffee, a drawer for kid cups, and one for kid snacks. The drawer that houses the placemats and cloth napkins, however, also now holds batteries. With the rate we use up batteries in the Wii and with the way my wireless mouse sucks up batteries, it's with a sigh that I admit I get in that drawer for batteries far more frequently than I do for the placemats.
There is irony in that fact that we've made so many placemats in the last year, especially placemats featuring birdhouses. Placemats seem to speak to the heart of home decor for many people. It wasn't until we each opened a placemat from Opal last year that I realized the charm and whimsy a placemat can bring – the smile to go along with the nourishment of food and drink.
These three placemats were made specifically for their recipients, but you can see the wonder of them and the ways in which a placemat can reflect a personality, young or old.
Amy and Opal are two artists living in different states on the west
coast who have teamed up to create fiber art together. Their journey
and process is captured here.
I really like your use of colours. I just found your blog, and have to study it more the coming week. Placemats can also be used as small pictures. Just you put it on your wall.