I attempted to make a table topper that would match a set of placemats. I didn’t have enough of the matching fabric but I thought that these ones would work. As it turned out the colours were completely “off”.

My first mistake was in the cutting. I didn’t cut those centre squares the right size but I thought I could adjust the rest of the pattern to make it work. I couldn’t so I ended up putting it together with my own pattern.

I like the results but I don’t have a need for another topper so I will offer it for sale at the quilt show.

This was my pattern for the March sew-along with Stacia and Deloise. Because they had both done this one before I had a few notes in my book regarding cutting errors. I tried to follow them but found even with the updated measurements mine wasn’t coming out the right size. I was almost finished when I realized I had completely missed one of the borders. Because I was so far along I chose not to correct my mistake. It finishes a bit smaller than it should have but I’m okay with that as it hangs in the stairwell as part of my collection of small projects.

The fabric I picked for the basket didn’t have enough contrast with the background so I outlined it with a blanket stitch. I’ll keep that technique in mind for another time. Most of the flowers were cut from scraps of fabric I’d used for my One Block Wonder project.