Thanksgiving Day Table Decorations

Easy Ways to Decorate Your Tables

You don’t have to buy Thanksgiving decorations for your Thanksgiving Day tables. If you want your Thanksgiving Day spread to look extra festive this Thanksgiving, make some fun and
 creative holiday decorations to adorn them. You can make Thanksgiving Day table decorations that are far less expensive than store-bought holiday decorations. Best of all, you can personalize decorations to match your style and décor.

Reversible Fleece Thanksgiving Day Placemats

Fleece is wonderful material for making placemats, and a sewing machine isn’t required for these practical and very easy Thanksgiving Day table protectors. Your tables will look exceptionally festive and ready for a banquet when adorned with these attractive placemats.

You don’t need expensive craft project supplies to make these Thanksgiving table decorations. For each Thanksgiving placemat, you’ll need two pieces of fleece material approximately sixteen by twenty inches in size, a pair of sharp fabric scissors, and straight pins for holding the pieces in place while creating the fringe.

Fabric stores usually offer dozens of patterns, many of which are seasonal. Consider buying two different types to create placemats with a different pattern on each side. When you get tired of one side you can switch to the other for a completely different look.

Make certain the two pieces of fleece are equal in size. A store-bought placemat makes a great pattern and is an easy way to ensure the pieces are precise in size and shape.

After you have two pieces of fleece equal in size, cut a 1 ½ inch square from each corner. Make sure the squares are also precise in size and shape.

Pin together the pieces of fabric, right side out, approximately two-inches inside the edges. Cut ¼ inch strips 1 ½ inches deep all the way around the perimeter.

With the pieces still pinned together, begin knotting opposite strips of fringe until the placemat is complete. Make enough of these decorative placemats to complete your Thanksgiving Day table.

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Great ideas, thanks for the inspiration!

Posted on 10/02/2006 at 4:10:00 PM

I love your ideas! Thanks for sharing them. I am going to try spraying miniature pumpkins and then add the glitter.

Posted on 10/02/2006 at 11:10:00 AM

Great, affordable ideas as always! As an aside, anyone fortunate enough to live amongst autumn splendor, if you have friends or relatives living "out west", I'll bet they'd be thrilled to receive an envelope full of colorful leaves! (A girlfriend does this for me every year and makes my month!)

Posted on 10/02/2006 at 11:10:00 AM

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