String Placemat

Here's what I was doing with my strings aka strips of fabric I showed on my rack the other day.  The pattern was adapted from one in a Quilts 'n More magazine some years ago for a tablerunner.  Somehow I did not save the magazine or pattern.  My daughter has a set of four placemats made using this pattern cut down from the tablerunner size to placemat size.  I am going strictly by memory (whatever that is) and once completed, I wasn't sure if the strings were to be all the same size or not.  I just used from current stock. Note: the bias binding is two pieces of fabric and lucky me to still have some of the green stripe fabric left.  It was to be machine stitched to the back and hand sewn to the front. But, hey, it's a placemat that'll be washed often.  Therefore, a blanket stitch should  hold it together just fine and was so much quicker.  There were enough smaller strips to make mug rugs as well.