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The Smaller the Table, the Harder the Placemat ...
My kitchen table is 36 inches across, round, and pushed into a corner. Most days it works as a breakfast spot, homework station, craft table, and mail drop before it...
The Smaller the Table, the Harder the Placemat ...
My kitchen table is 36 inches across, round, and pushed into a corner. Most days it works as a breakfast spot, homework station, craft table, and mail drop before it...
Cork Under the Plate: What Linen Placemats Coul...
I have two little girls. The younger one treats placemats like pull toys. The older one sets the table with the energy of a shuffleboard player, sliding each mat across...
Cork Under the Plate: What Linen Placemats Coul...
I have two little girls. The younger one treats placemats like pull toys. The older one sets the table with the energy of a shuffleboard player, sliding each mat across...
Skip the Salt: Why a Wipe-Clean Placemat Handle...
Red wine stains a placemat only when the placemat gives the wine somewhere to soak in. I learned that the evening my four-year-old reached for the butter and sent a...
Skip the Salt: Why a Wipe-Clean Placemat Handle...
Red wine stains a placemat only when the placemat gives the wine somewhere to soak in. I learned that the evening my four-year-old reached for the butter and sent a...
No-Sew Placemats Weren't a Shortcut: A Material...
The first placemat I made without sewing a stitch was a gray oilcloth rectangle cut with pinking shears. I made it because my fabric placemats spent more time in the...
No-Sew Placemats Weren't a Shortcut: A Material...
The first placemat I made without sewing a stitch was a gray oilcloth rectangle cut with pinking shears. I made it because my fabric placemats spent more time in the...
Old Jeans, Family Meals, and 150 Years of Denim...
The first placemat I made came from the knees of my daughter's outgrown jeans. The denim around the holes had softened to something close to flannel after years of playground...
Old Jeans, Family Meals, and 150 Years of Denim...
The first placemat I made came from the knees of my daughter's outgrown jeans. The denim around the holes had softened to something close to flannel after years of playground...
Skip the Christmas Tablecloth: A Placemat-First...
I stopped buying Christmas tablecloths the year my two-year-old poured apple cider across the table during the main course. The linen went into the wash, the dinner went cold, and...
Skip the Christmas Tablecloth: A Placemat-First...
I stopped buying Christmas tablecloths the year my two-year-old poured apple cider across the table during the main course. The linen went into the wash, the dinner went cold, and...