{"id":2543,"date":"2015-12-27T18:56:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T18:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2015-12-27T19:13:23","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T19:13:23","slug":"christmas-wreath-placemat-to-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/27\/christmas-wreath-placemat-to-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Wreath placemat to complete."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"48e5397a39c6ea4ae31e40d674b2fea7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- july 2019 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9380921822254336\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9798147637\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2544\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7965.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2544\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7965.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas wreath\" width=\"800\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7965.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7965-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7965-150x93.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7965-600x373.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">finished article<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another thing I found when searching through my Christmas fabric box, a placemat I made years ago, and the makings of another one. Which is great because I can show you how I made it without having to make another! If only I can remember how it went together.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2546\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7967.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7967.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas wreath\" width=\"800\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7967.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7967-300x276.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7967-150x138.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7967-600x553.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">start with snowball block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The centre block, the Christmas wreath, is a &#8220;kind of&#8221; nine patch, made up of a centre strip\u00a02 green squares 2.5 inches and a white rectangle 2.5&#8243; by 3.5&#8243;. the corner squares are 3.5&#8243;. The red border is 2 inches, can&#8217;t think why. The chequerboard border is made up of 2.5 inch squares too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2547\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7968.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2547\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7968.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas wreath\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7968.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7968-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7968-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7968-600x449.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">just little squares<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The little square in square blocks I think must have been made up of the bits left over when I made the corner blocks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2561\" style=\"width: 779px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2561\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8010.jpg\" alt=\"christmas wreath\" width=\"779\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8010.jpg 779w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8010-292x300.jpg 292w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8010-150x154.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8010-600x616.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8010-300x308.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">corner block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I used the stitch and flip method, place a small square on the larger square at the corner, stitch diagonally corner to corner, then cut off all but the seam allowance, and flip over to create a new corner to the block, this block uses that method twice with two different size smaller squares on diagonally opposite corners. \u00a0I took the opportunity to sew together the two bits I would cut off, simply because it&#8217;s easier to sew fiddly little bits while they are still attached to the larger piece.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2545\" style=\"width: 748px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7966.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2545\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7966.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas wreath\" width=\"748\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7966.jpg 748w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7966-281x300.jpg 281w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7966-150x160.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7966-600x642.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7966-300x321.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">a little gold sparkle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I copied the holly leaf quilting pattern from a hand bill advert I found, it was a tiny but simple line drawing of a holly leaf with berries, which I had to scale up and transfer to cardboard,cereal box card. I drew round the pattern with a disapearing pen, and machine stitched with gold thread for a little Christmas sparkle. Finally the Christmas wreath block, which is supposed to be a holly wreath is embellished with little red buttons, they are too big to be berries, but smaller ones would have been difficult to source, and I would have needed very many of them to get the balance of colour right.<\/p>\n<p>subsequently I&#8217;ve cut some more chequerboard squares and made another Christmas wreath placemat&#8230; well I&#8217;ve got the top done. The wadding backing and quilting will have to wait till I can get to a shop that sells wadding.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2557\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8006.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2557\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8006.jpg\" alt=\"christmas wreath\" width=\"800\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8006.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8006-300x179.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8006-150x89.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8006-600x357.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">easy squares<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2558\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2558\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8007.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Wreath\" width=\"800\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8007.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8007-300x155.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8007-150x77.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8007-600x310.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">easy peasy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2559\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8008.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2559\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8008.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas wreath\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8008.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8008-300x178.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8008-150x89.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_8008-600x356.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">putting it together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m also making something bigger, I&#8217;m not sure yet what it will look like, possibly a table runner to go the length of the table or maybe just something for the middle of the table to hide all the table mats, and protect my snowy white table cloths. Watch this space, but don&#8217;t hold your breath, it might be ready for next Christmas.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I copied the quilt pattern from a hand bill advert I found, it was a tiny but simple holly leaf with berries, which I had to scale up and transfer to cardboard, machine stitched with gold thread for a little Christmas sparkle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[63,11,5,4,3,48,447],"tags":[915,641,935,937,934,946,921,936,938,940,939],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2543"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543\/revisions\/2567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}