Originally Posted by
CindyA
For those of you doing placemats, do you think you'll square them up? Or leave them as hexagons? I'd like to leave them as hexes but don't know if they'll be big enough.
Cindy ... I'm making place mats and leaving them as hexies. If I center the plate I will have to put the cutlery on the napkin next to the place mat, if I put the plate on the edge, there is room for the cutlery on the place mat. I have fairly large plates and they're square. I don't want too much of the place mat exposed as I want the mats primarily to protect the table from the plate and if the mat is too big it invites "spills".
Make the first one, check the size - then decide.
Or ... if you're concerned about the size .. add an outer border to each of the hexie "pies" - just a strip that runs the length of the outer edge. It will be easier to do it before you sew the hexies together rather than trying to do a border all around a hexie shape.