Last Christmas, a dear quilting friend of mine (thanks Karin in Aberdeen) sent me a small pack of four vintage New York quilt panels that she had found on her holiday in the US.  I was thrilled to bits with them and they have been sitting on my sewing table, squeaking at me for several months.  Finally, over the summer holidays, I thought they would be a nice project to work on.   After some thought, I decided to use them to make placemats and was pretty pleased with the result.