DIY Life

Daily DIY: Make a Woven Felt Placemat

• by Erin Loechner (RSS feed) on Oct 15th 2009 9:00AM
• Filed under home decor, crafts, entertaining, sewing

Print Email More

Weave your way through the fall season! Photo: The Purl Bee

Felt screams cooler weather to me, so I can't wait to get my hands on a pair of brightly-colored felt threads and work some magic this fall. For now, I'll be keeping this project from The Purl Bee close by -- I can't wait to try it and have a feeling that even I can't screw this one up!

The following materials will make a set of six 11-inch x 17-inch place mats:

• Six 18-inch x 18-inch pieces of Ecru Wool Flannel (color of 91)
• Two Wool Felt Bundles. This tutorial uses the spring shades offered.
• OK-To-Wash-It Fabric Glue
• water soluble fabric marker

From there, you'll need to cut, weave and finish! The craft couldn't be easier and would make an excellent art project for your family. Why not let your children pick out their own felt colors to give everyone a personalized place setting? Better yet, with holidays coming up fast, consider gifting felt placemats to your favorite families.

Get to work!

Tags: craft, dinner, felt, place setting, placemat, placemats, weave

Comments [0]

Permalink

Print Email Twitter Facebook Digg AIM Share

Related Headlines

• Holidash Highlight: A Julia Child Thanksgiving (3 days ago - 0 Comments)
• ShelterPop Swap: Countdown to Thanksgiving (11 days ago - 0 Comments)
• Holidash Highlight: Thanksgiving Games for All Ages (15 days ago - 0 Comments)
• Daily DIY: Nikki'o'Lantern (26 days ago - 0 Comments)
• ShelterPop Swap: Easy Lampshade Update (32 days ago - 0 Comments)

Add your comments

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br> tags.

DIY Lists

• Daily DIY: Five Ways to Re-Use a Plastic Bag
• Welcome the Fall With Apples Galore!
• DIY & Save: 20 Foods That Freeze Surprisingly Well ... and 20 That Don't
• Unusual Uses: Digital Cameras - 22 Clever Uses
• 10 After-School Snacks Your Child Can Make

About DIY Life

Do Life! DIY Life highlights the best in "do-it-yourself" projects.

Here you'll find all types of projects, from hobbies and crafts to home improvement and tech.

Featured Galleries