I made paper pieced birds and then added enough borders around the edges to make them the size I wanted. Then I used an old oval placemat to trim. Used Warm and Natural batting so they would lie (lay?) flat. Did a quick turn, some quilting and they were done. Fast and easy.

a warm welcome from ky!

Hello and welcome from middle of mitten in michiganon the sunrise side

My first quilting project was a rail fence place mat. It was a lot of fun & very easy to put together. If you google free quilt patterns beginner you can find bunches of easy patterns.
Good luck :thumbup:

Welcome from Ireland

Welcome to the board from Southern California!

fatcatpatterns.com has a lot of free patterns, too!

I will surf and see if I can find some quilted placemats, I am the surfing Queen

Craftybear

Hello from Western Mountain Maryland !! :-D

welcome!