I made these pads for under my machines that sit on top of my marble vinyl, to help protect the finish. It was a good chance to practice some ruler work quilting and try out some machine embroidery quilt block designs, but it doesn't show up too well on the fabric I used. Maybe that's a good thing. I just serged the edges. 

Embroidery machine pad

Serger pad

Close up of quilting - machine embroidery on the right 

- ruler work feathers on the left