I am in love with Sarah Jane's new Children At Play line of fabric. It is such a treat to see fabric for boys since I have two boys and one more on the way. And the boys are thrilled with fabric that has rockets, paper airplanes, paper hats and much more.

It was so hard deciding between the two color schemes of Children At Play, so I made two placements of each. I bought bias tape even though I think I would make my own next time. I just don't think the quality of store bought bias tape is that great. And it's cute to use the fabric itself to bind.

I found a pattern to make placemats in a magazine called Sew Hip Issue 19, printed in the UK. The only problem was that it was all in centimeters, so for the first time ever, I sewed in centimeters, which actually wasn't too bad. I did multiply all the measurements by 1.5 because I like a little larger of a mat.

So, mommy is thrilled with being able to sew for my boys, who love it just as much as I do!