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I seem to be on a bit of a placemat craze at the moment! I saw this one in a magazine in a shop the other day, I would have bought it but it was an American magazine so quite expensive. So I came home and made one from my memory of the picture. I rather like it, so will have my breakfast on it today!
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The placemats I get asked to make for friends are nearly always animals or birds, and far and away the most popular are Chickens! Recently I have made 10 of them and have more interest in them!
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Here is some inspiration, look closely at this mossy log, there are so many more colours in it than you first see.