Here are two sets of place mats I made for my Mother for Christmas. One set is made from 4 different batik fabrics, the other four are just simple cottons. I like the batik ones best. Guessing which ones she will like is a crap shoot. Both coordinate well with her dishes, I used her sugar bowl for my sample.

I have no idea why this picture came out sideways, I didn't take it like that, and I couldn't figure out how to rotate it to make it correct.

I also made a bag for my Mother for Christmas. It's for carrying her library books to and from the library. The fabric is like a light weight canvas (duck) fabric. The fabric was white and I dyed it a pretty teal and added a brown woven strap. I found a Celtic knot design on-line, traced it and drew it on with a fabric paint pen. The center circle is a batik, I hope it isn't too New Agey for her. The bag is 13" x 11" x 6". ( I don't know way this paragraph is blue and underlined, it was not intentional. I have sooo much trouble every time I blog. The whole thing seems to have a mind of it's own, and it just pulls my along for the ride.)