TECHNIQUE
Sewing
SKILL LEVEL
Moderate
Create in a day
YOU WILL NEED

General Materials
  • Thread to match fabric
  • Coloured thread in leaf green, golden yellow and orange
  • Patterned ribbon or ric-rac braid
  • Daisy motifs
Tablecloth
  • Piece of fabric to fit your table (see TIPS)
Napkins
  • Four square pieces of fabric – 40cm (16in.) square
 
Tablecloth
 
1 Cut out the fabric to required size. Make a hem at least 3.5cm (11⁄4in.) wide. Sew on the ribbon braid about 2cm (3⁄4in.) from the edge. Do not pull the braid tight when sewing it on.
 
2 Decide what embroidery pattern you would like and sew rows of it on either side of the ribbon, so they look nice and even or else sew the ric-rac here instead if your sewing machine doesn't have any fancy stitches on it or you are making this tablecloth set by hand.
 
3  Randomly place small daisy motifs over the cloth, pin then sew in place. Finally sew tiny green diamond shapes next to the flowers, to look like little leaves.
 
Napkins
 
1 Hem around each square of the fabric with a finished size hem of about 3.5cm (11⁄4in.).
 
2 Using an embroidery stitch to match the cloth, sew evenly spaced row around the napkin or evenly sew on the rick-rack. Add one daisy motif in one corner of each of the napkins to finish. PC
 
TIP:
When measuring your table for the fabric needed, allow at least 30cm (12in.) overhang, plus enough for hems.

SUPPLIERS
Fabric and cottons from Abakhan Fabrics, Flintshire.
Tel: 01745 562100
www.abakhan.co.uk
 
Daisy motifs from Sew Craft, Wiltshire.
Tel: 01793 536778
www.sewcraftswindon.ltd.uk