Autum Brilliance Table Mat

I wanted a new mat for the lazy susan at the center of our dining room table. So I went to my stash and broke out some more junk goodies for Stashbusting September.

Anyone with a sewing machine or some skill with needle and thread can do this.

Use your lazy susan as a template for cutting a circle out of a fulled wool blanket.

Use leaves clipart to cut out leaves from a fulled wool sweater. I used leaves from here.

Pin the leaves to the wool and use your sewing machine to stitch them down or hand stitch them down.

Doesn't it look pretty with the acorn cookie jar and shakers I found at thrift stores this summer? I paid 1.49 for the cookie jar at one thrift store and 49 cents a piece for the salt and pepper shakers at another thrift store. I love acorns.

I tried to make more of the center display but nothing I tried suited me.

Here is how it looks with the girls' fish on the table too (which is generally where they sit).

I love the little acorn leaves on the shakers!!

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