A placemat does the smallest job at the table and one of the most visible. It marks each seat, protects the surface under a hot plate, and gives a place setting a frame. Our paper placemat pads arrive as a bound stack of sheets, so you tear off what the party needs and throw them away once the plates are cleared. Nothing to launder, nothing to store, and no reason to save them for good.
For a table you set more than once, the quilted placemats are made from 100% organic cotton, lightly padded to protect the surface, and machine washable. Scalloped and wavy edges soften the line a plain rectangle gives you, and the chocolate and pink florals are distinctive enough to anchor a table on their own. If your table is round, the Constance mat is cut round at 14 inches across. The handwoven plaid and gingham sets, made on traditional footlooms in Guatemala and Mexico, bring a texture paper cannot.
Designs run across the whole year. Watercolor gingham in dark green, blush, lilac, and rainbow. Cherries, bows, and patchwork hearts for Valentine's. Americana stripe for the Fourth of July. Notebook paper for back to school, a lobster bake for summer, and handwoven plaid in cranberry and evergreen for Christmas dinner.
Layer placemats over a cloth from the tablecloths and table covers collection, run a table runner down the center, and finish each seat with napkins that pick up one color from the mat.
