Hello, everyone!
My name is Amy, and my blogging home is
Positively Splendid, a little creative haven where you'll find everything from simple craft ideas to sewing projects, and just about everything in between. I would love for you to stop in for a visit!
I am so excited to be taking part in Jen's Summer Social! Today I'm going to share a quick project with you to punch up your table decor during your next outdoor gathering.
These fun pinwheel placemats are a terrific project to complete with fabric scraps you might have lying around!
For this project, you will need...
Fusible web, such as Wonder UnderIronFabric scraps in various printsPaper and paper trimmerDisappearing ink markerClear rulerScissorsHot glue gun and glue sticksButtonsRibbon and/or rick-rackBamboo placemats (I found mine in the Dollar Spot at Target)
step 1 / Use your paper trimmer to make square templates of various sizes. I found that squares of 4", 3" and 2.5" work well. Fuse contrasting pieces of your scrap fabric together, wrong sides facing, following the instructions for your fusible web. Use your disappearing ink marker to trace your square templates onto your fused fabric pieces, and cut your squares out. (You will need three squares of descending sizes for each placemat.) Using your ruler, draw lines diagonally through the center of your squares with your disappearing ink marker, as shown.step 2 / Use your scissors to snip about 2/3 of length of the lines you just drew, as shown.
step 3 / Add a dab of hot glue to the center of each of your trimmed pieces. Fold every alternating corner of your snipped sections up to this center point, as shown, pressing them firmly into the hot glue to secure them.
step 4 / Add a button or other embellishment to the center of each pinwheel to conceal the glued corners. Cut strips of ribbon or rick-rack that are the width of your placemats and adhere these to the left side of your mat with hot glue. Hot glue three pinwheels of descending size, from largest to smallest, along this ribbon, as shown.
All finished!
Aren't these little guys so festive and fun?
Thanks, Jen, for having me over today! I hope y'all will stop by Positively Splendid sometime soon. You can also find me hanging out on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest!
Amy!!
That is absolutely adorable!!!
I want to make some RIGHT NOW!!
Amy is one of my favorite blogging friends. We met for the first time at Blissdom and then we were able to hang out again at Creative Estates in April.
There are so many reasons that I love reading Positively Splendid. One of the main reasons is Amy's love of
color!! And her
pillows are amazing. So so cute!
I could spotlight every single project that Amy has made on
Positively Splendid, because I love them all so much and you will too!!
Be sure to head over and give her a big TT&J hello!!
xoxo
PS -- We finished shooting Day 1 of the Get a Little Creative Show yesterday. Check out the fun set. Chevron!
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