Crafts to go and back again

I had places to be this afternoon so I grabbed one of those patchwork cats and a bit more embroidery floss to finish off the edges in between things. I got quite a bit of it done too but now that I'm back home I got one of the place mats made as I did a load of laundry.
HISTORY in fabric: One of the things that's most amusing about this project is that my Mom gave me this fabric which was left from a bunk bed play tent made for some of her grand kids. I can't tell you exactly how many years ago that was but one of the boys got married last year.
I haven't gotten any pictures taken of it yet but I'll be posting them soon. Meanwhile I'm headed back to the cutting table to see how many more I can make. It also occurred to me that there may be enough to cover the cushions for my wicker chairs to match.

Here it is! I kind of like it, how about you?

Results of the Recycle Challenge

Here's another stack of materials in the latest recycle challenge. So far I've finished 4 place mats and have 10 small tote or gift bags in progress. The small bags will come in handy for making up little kits when I teach people to crochet or work on other projects.

There were a lot of quilt blocks cut out in that last batch so it made coming up with project ideas easy. I'm sure that there are still several things that can be made from the rest of this so I'll keep you posted on any further results.