| Felt Table Runner |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-144 |
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Creating mosaics with tile and grout can be messy and confusing, but when you use felt and fusible web, the results can be just as beautiful. Marty Brooks of Michaels Arts and Crafts explains how to make a soft and attractive felt-mosaic table runner. Materials:
Felt by the yard for background
Felt squares in various coordinating colors
Double-sided fusible web
Scissors
Iron
Construction paper
Stencil paint
Stencil brush
- For the background of the table runner, cut a piece of felt 12" wide and the desired length. Trim the ends to a center point.
- Cut a piece of double-sided fusible web, and iron it to the back of each felt square. Use a dry iron, medium heat and firm pressure. Do not slide the iron across the fusible web.
- To add texture and depth of color, apply stencil paint over the felt in a swirled, marbleizing fashion. Marty used stencil paint in a palette called Victorian Garden with tan felt. Let the paint dry overnight (figure A).
- Fold a piece of construction paper on quarters, and cut out a four-petaled flower, with two petals along each fold (figure B).
- Open up the paper flower, and place it on the background felt. This will provide a template for placing the mosaic pieces.
- Cut the fusible-web-backed felt squares in strips between 1/2" and 1" wide. It's not necessary to measure the strips. Then cut randomly shaped mosaic pieces from the strips (figure C).
- Peel off the paper backing from the fusible-web side of the felt mosaic pieces, and place them around the edge for a border (figure D).
- Follow the paper-flower template, and place small mosaic pieces around the edge (figure E).
- Place a piece of paper over the mosaic pieces, and fuse them to the background felt with a hot iron.
- Fill in the background with mosaic pieces, working in small areas at a time.
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