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Celebrate spring by creating fun craft projects while at the same time adding beauty to your surroundings! One way is to make an adorable spring table mat! It's a delightful way to provide a decorative accent feature that can dress up almost any area of your home - including the dining room, kitchen and living areas. And it's a great decorative accent piece that can be used anywhere, on any type of table, including buffets, side tables, end tables, sofa tables, coffee tables and of course dining tables, too. A perfect project for this month's Spring Crafts Challenge Hop! Just check how easy it is to make a lovely decoupage spring table mat:
Materials:
- Natural Cotton Cord (100ft 8mm)
- Gorilla Grip pad
- Decorative paper napkins
- Fabri-Tac fabric glue
- Parchment paper
- Matte Mod Podge
- Paint brush
- Clear plastic from a ziplock bag
Instructions:
Let's begin - to stop the 3-ply cord from coming apart, add a little fabric glue to the end . . .
pressing it together and let dry.Continue adding fabric glue around the bottom and sides of the cord to hold the shape together and to the pad.
cutting as close to the mat edge as possible.
satisfied with size of the circle.
Then make a decorative curve with the cord and continue coiling cord for a second circle. Use the first coil as a pattern for the size of the second coiled circle.
Let dry and repeat for making a second decorative set - matching the size.
To decorate table mat with napkins, cut out napkin designs . . .
and separate the plain layers of the napkin from the printed side.
Then lay the napkin down on top of the decoupage, smoothing out the napkin. Use clear plastic to smooth down the napkin (as long as you haven't added more Mod Podge to the top of the napkin. If you have, the napkin might come up when removing the plastic) Otherwise, just use the brush to lightly smooth the napkin down along the ridges of the cord.
Continue adding Mod Podge to the cord and applying the cutout napkin designs.
Smoothing the napkin designs out as you add each design section . . .
using the paint brush to high-light the shape of the cording.
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