Guild members decided, as part of our 50th Anniversary Celebrations, to revisit the original Tea Cup Weaving Challenge that took place early in our guild’s history. The original challenge was to weave table runners but we decided placemats were this year’s challenge choice. Twelve members brought their tea cups and coffee mugs to the February meeting. Cups and mugs were randomly chosen by participants to be returned at the June meeting accompanied by 2 placemats. Many hours of planning, sampling, and finally weaving took place over the next few months. It was amazing to see all the different interpretations, designs, and various weave structures that were chosen by the weavers to complement the colours of the cups. Thank you to those who participated and shared their creativity and passion for weaving. Special thanks to Michele and Barbara for taking on this challenge and making the reveal a huge success. The cake was especially delicious!
Harvest colours are the inspiration for these placemats.
Denim Blue as well as various blues and tans were chosen for these placemats.
Placemat Challenge
Huck Lace placemats using the delicate shades in the cups design.
Huck Lace placemats highlight the colours in this pottery mug
The Asian design of the coffee mug was the inspiration for these placemats.
The bright colours of the mug are used to create this cotton and fabric strip placemat.
This weaver used the colours of the mug and the image of a bookstore as inspiration for these overshot placemats.
Using the delicate colours in the turtle mug the weaver wove the placemats and sewed napkins with woven napkin rings.
The weaver made good use of the many colours on this mug.
We all enjoyed a slice of this delicious cake!
This colourful place mat woven using a rep weave draft is a perfect choice for the mug’s vibrant colours.
The Crackle weave structure compliments the rustic pottery mug so well.
The weaver chose graduating colours on the Monks Belt place mat to mirror the colours on the mug.
