2015 March POM Tutorial
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Celtic Craft Felt Candle Mat
Sorry that this a couple days late but we had several medical appointments, including a surgery for the Mister this week that shifted my schedule a bit. Anyways… This month I wanted to make a candle mat to celebrate my Irish heritage. If you didn’t know it, the national flag of the Republic of Ireland is a tricolor flag of green, white, and orange. The official Pantone color designations for the green and orange are PMS 347 and PMS 151, respectively. For me, it’s nice to know these things some times. I tend to be ummmm… let’s see… OCD-ish on things like this. And it will be handy when looking at the felts at your local craft store. Anyways, I was gifted some craft felts from my librarian and my friend Donna. Donna also gifted me a good many ribbon types to use in my project. This is what the supply pile looks like. I also had two plates to use to draw my circles. One was the saucer plate and then the salad/dessert plate. That list is as follows:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]512859[/ATTACH] So I did a search for free Celtic knot work images and I found this one here. It is a simple design and it brought together two elements associated with Ireland. So first thing we are doing is to trace your plates. The smaller one is done on the white and the dessert plate is on the orange felt. The shamrock leaves are easy as they are just four little green hearts at 1”. Refer to the photo below. My white circle is 6” and there are two orange circles that are 8” before I trimmed it down to 7-1/2” when I finished the piecing. [ATTACH=CONFIG]512860[/ATTACH] I then went to my window for a little tracing of the knot work onto the white felt like this…[ATTACH=CONFIG]512861[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]512862[/ATTACH] For the sake of making it easier to see in the photo, I made it a bit darker on this piece of white felt in the second photo. Once you done that, set aside for a few minutes. Now for a couple of helpful notes about making the know work. After many attempts with the regular flat ribbons, I found that the gold coin like cording was the better choice. The reasons why is:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]512863[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]512864[/ATTACH] So now we got our white felt prepped & ready to go, we can start by pinning the gold cord down to the felt following the knot work pattern we traced earlier.[ATTACH=CONFIG]512865[/ATTACH] I used the gold thread that is shown in the supply picture above. I am using Coats & Clarks metallic decorative thread T10 scan number 073650 84903 9 according to the label. Then I just used my favorite needle which is a #7 embroidery needle because of the large eye makes it easier to thread the metallic thread. I just stitched the cord down few centimeters working it in and out of the braiding so that it blended in. You can erase any pencil marks that might be seen.[ATTACH=CONFIG]512866[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]512867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]512868[/ATTACH] Now once you finish stitch the blanket stitching you now can use that second orange circle by making a label and stitch the two pieces together to cover up the stitching on the back side making it all pretty with the orange thread listed in the supply list. Now there it is. A little piece of Ireland at your fingertips. You can also place a pop can tab on the back a hang it up to display it. This beauty is 7-1/2” in diameter and prefect for those little spaces. I hope you enjoyed this month’s project. I have already gifted this one and will be making another with the little penny rug tabs added on. Be sure to come back and see how that one comes out too. A picture thread to match this posting will be labeled "2015 March POM Tutorial pictures". Be sure to come back and show us how your little mat came out. Until next time. Toodles, Tricia |
Very cool! Thank you
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Love the pop tab hanger idea.
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