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Table Mat with Fall Leaves from a Vintage Quilt

October 20, 2015 By Faith 2 Comments

The (re)purpose project du jour is a table mat created from a thrift store table cloth and small scraps from the vintage quilt.

Place mat - Fall leaves

I cut a leaf shape based on the size of scraps I had to work with and ironed interfacing to them since they are so thin and delicate in order to keep their shape. I placed the leaves across the bottom and up the side and stitched them in place with a decorative stitch on my machine.

Place mat -fall leaves close up

After the leaves were stitched to the table mat, I thread sketched a vine to visually connect them and sketched veins onto the leaves.

Place mat - fall leaves closeup 2

Now I have a nice little fall leaf table mat to display some of my autumn decorations on. Here, I am using a fabric pumpkin that I made. More about that later.

Place mat - Fall leaves 2

I like using something like a mat, doily, basket, or tray to display seasonal decor instead of just sitting it directly on a table. It pulls items together and makes it a gathered collection giving it a base from which it is displayed.

What do you use when creating a base for your vignettes?

xo, Faith

Filed Under: Fabric, Quilting, Repurposed/reused, Sewing, Table decor Tagged With: fabric, patchwork, quilt, quilting, recycle, repurpose, reuse, sewing, vintage

Comments

  1. Brad says

    October 21, 2015 at 12:42 am

    look forward to seeing this as part of the fall collection around the house!

    Reply
    • Faith says

      October 21, 2015 at 2:37 am

      Thanks, honey! It will be on our Thanksgiving table.

      Reply

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