Batik Scraps Dish Drying Mat

This a a scrappy batik drying mat I made for placing my washed dishes on. I made one in different fabrics quite a while ago and we needed another one. We don't have a dishwasher, so 2 drying mats were better than one. The first one I made scrappy in a different way and used commercial cotton fabrics. This one is batik and I like it better. It is holding up and looking better than the other one. Both were made using foam stabilizer inside instead of batting. The foam doesn't absorb the water as much a cotton batting would, so it dries faster. I also notice that the ones that are sold in the stores felt like foam was inside. It's a great way to use up scraps of fabric for a useful project.

I quilted it in a wavy grid.

This is the back side. You can see the wavy quilted grid better.

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