Size 50 crochet cotton, steel crochet hook No. 17. Each placemat is 11x17 inches.

make 8 patterned blocks and 7 "plain" blocks. sew together using over and over stitch on wrong side. Break off.
edging: 1st rnd:Attach to corner. Working across long side: Ch 5, *make dc in edge of next row, ch 2, repeat from * across to next corner, ch 2, in corner st make dc, ch5, and dc. ** Ch2, skip 2 st, dc in next st. Repeat from ** across to next corner. Work other side to correspond, ending with ch 5, sl st in 3rd st of ch 5.
2nd rnd:ch 3,* 2dc in next sp, dc in next dc. repeat from * around, making 9 dc in each corner sp. Sl st in top st of ch-3. Break off.