looks cute but I still don't get it. Maybe someone on the board could write better tut.

I have made these. They are easy and so cute. Kids love them.

Well, I was just wondering why four sides but you answered my question.

Sounds like fun.

Mine lay pretty flat, and I do "use" them.

When I made my first one I thought the same thing but I was having a blond day and arranging the semi circles so I had 1 on one side and 3 on the other. Then my friends pointed out my illogical thinking and as long as you have two flaps on each side they aren't thick at all. I did use heavy fusible interfacing not batting or fleece.

Thanks for the link. That's pretty neat for a quick gift.

One note on the tute at feeddogsdown is that you might want to use a light weight interfacing on the fabric before you cut it. I made these in a little workshop at our LQS and the owner and her elves had worked with batting; heavy interface and finally hit the sweet spot with the light weight interface. Gives the placemat a little body but not so puffy that a stemmed glass will topple over.

they are a blast - we never know what fabric we are going to see when the boys set the table!

very cool idea.

I'm working on a couple of customer projects but as soon as I get them done, I want to try this. I think my DIL would like a set like this (with a runner) for Christmas. They have a large dining table so this would be fun to decorate.

If no one else gets to it first, I'll take pics as I go and post a tute. I read through it but don't quite understand how the fabrics get sewn to create the flipping part. It will probably make sense once I'm working on it. Wish me luck!!