So I needed to make a little new baby gift but I wanted it to be a shared present for the new big brother as well as for the new baby. So I decided to make a play mat that both could use for different purposes in the near future, but to be used to play together in the further future!

We had had a delivery of some fab fabric a while back in the shop that I knew would be perfect for what I had in mind. So I stocked up on all the bits I needed this week: a metre of Stof Roundabout fabric; some batting; 1.2 metres of dark red plain cotton for the backing; and some thread.

I decided to quilt along the road lines and around the odd car! Cream thread on top, red in the bobbin.

I used the red backing fabric to do wrap around binding to keep it quick and easy and stitched this in place with the machine.

Simple yet effective. Took about 4 hours from start to finish. Mainly because it wasn't continuous sewing. Lots and lots of threads to bury!! I think this will be great for scooting the little cars along the roads!!

I bought all this fabric from Sew Busy.