All week long I kept thinking, "I’ll get to those placemats today. They won’t take long." I just never did find the time to sit down and sew them up but today I cranked them right out. There are two pieces of fabric both cut to the dimensions I wanted plus half an inch seam allowance. I put them right sides together and stitched up the short sides, ironed the seams to one side, stitches across the top and then across the bottom leaving a 3-inch gap for turning. I turned them right side out, pressed them all ’round and then ran a little top-stitching about1/8" in from the edge which makes them tidy looking and also closes up that opening quite nicely. Here they are all ready to be pressed into service at dinner-time.