Would you buy Christmas fabric placemats?

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I have some leftover Christmas fabric and wondering what I could do with it. I have a table in a couple of Christmas craft fairs in November and frantically making bits and pieces for my stall.

I would probably charge about £2 each. They would have Christmas design on one side and plain fabric on the back with a thin wadding in the middle. Yes or NO?

Or do you have any other suggestions what I could do with the fabric?

Thanks

What about Christmas gift bags?

I did think about making bags for bottles. I probably have half a metre each of 8 designs.

Coasters?

I wouldn't buy mats as they would be hard to clean. Wreaths like these look good

I wouldnt personally because i never trust them to be heat proof enough for the table. I would buy present bags, not necessarily for wine bottles, just a variety of sizes. If you marked them up as eco wrapping i think people would be interested.

At £2 each, yes if I liked the fabric

Would the fabric make nice cushion covers? Or napkins? Or a tree skirt?

What else will you be selling on your stand?

Eco wrapping bags a great idea...I got a present in a hand made cotton bag recently with the message 'reuse me in the card.Thought it was a lovely idea.Fabric placemats I wouldn't buy in case they shrunk but that is good price.

Thanks for that - I didn't think about the heatproof bit!

They would be fine to go through the washing machine.

Might have a think on the present bags though, I did make some last year for some of my gifts to people and got some lovely comments.
Would definitely describe them as eco wrapping!

Its a right old mixture!

Hair scrunchies - Christmas and normal designs

Single personalised Christmas cards

Ordinary cards

Fabric advent calendars

Novelty fabric bunting

Fabric novelty pin badges

Nothing is very expensive, I am making them as something to fill my time and probably covers the cost of fabric and a little more.

Sounds lovely 😊

If I bought them I’d use them for place settings or on top of heavy duty mats in the middle of the table, so ‘heat proof’ wouldn’t be a factor for me.

Mini bunting for the tree
Shaped de orations (star, stocking etc)
Tote bags

Definitely like the gift bag idea though. Small ones for ‘wrapping’ sticking items would be fab!

🤣reusable panty liners - very popular just now. You could use some thicker va king or whatever

I’d prefer them to be Christmas fabric on both sides, preferably coordinating.

I’d also buy some “eco wrapping”

I've made Christmas placemats this year. I put a thin layer of batting in the middle and sort of quilted the edges. They look really nice (even if I do say so myself!).
I gave them a good spray with Scotch Guard too so hopefully they're a bit more srain resistant.

Or how about a table runner. You can patchwork it to make it long enough. I like to use my own extensive table linen with a runner of whatever season I'm dressing the table for.
Or napkin rings to co-ordinate.

If you can be bothered you could make them into the beeswax reusesble cling film. Usually very expensive in cook shops.

My mum makes placemats along the lines of what you’re suggesting. I have a few sets but I would love Christmas ones, and having a non Christmas side would be a nice idea. I put them in the washing machine if they are dirty and they haven’t shrunk. I also turn them over if they are stained

I wouldn't, but my elderly relatives would snap them up.

Beeswax wrap?

I think people are thinking of hot plate holders. We have a Christmas tablecloth and placemats but we only put plates on them, not pots. I think it's a nice idea.

Definitely not pot holders.

So I have made a few extra things -

• patchwork lap quilt

• patchwork cushions (9 to be exact)
• bags with a child's book to go in

Still thinking of the gift bags and placemats, if I make the placemats then they will be child themed like the snowman etc...

Just got to work out costings, I don't want to charge too much yet on the other hand do myself out of a profit!

I’d pay £5 for them fir the kids

No.

£5 would not cover materials and time.

Have you thought of making beeswax reusable wrap? I reckon that would sell and it’s really cheap to make. Loads of tutorials online.

Sorry- I’ve said that already!