olive oilcloth

One of my favorite things these days is retro print oilcloth. I've been hoarding a small variety of patterns for a little while now, and this week I turned them into placemats. Each placemat is 12x17 inches and finished off with a bias tape binding. With the amount of fabric I had I was able to make two sets of three (both of which are reversible) and one set of six. Here's how they turned out:


The two sets above both reverse to this polka dot print:


The set below has the same print on both sides:



And the best part is, because oilcloth is a vinyl fabric, they wipe clean oh so easily.

They turned out pretty darling, don't you think?



Chalkboard cloth is in the same family as oilcloth, only it has been prepared differently to allow for chalk to draw and erase on it (which it does incredibly well). A few of you have asked how the chalkboard mats I made were received by the boys. We've brought one of them (Caleb is still too young to appreciate his) to church for the last couple of weeks, and it's been great. They're not messy (unless your kid likes to go needlessly crazy with a piece of chalk), and Garrett loves to draw on his, and then use the little scrap of cloth I included to erase his work. His attention span is short, especially during church, so the fun only lasts a few minutes, but I take everything I can get, so it's been totally worth it. I have a few scraps left of chalkboard cloth, plus some leftover oilcloth, so I'm toying with the idea of making a few more smaller chalkboard mats, because really, why not?