Embroidered Tray Mats
"Ive tried smartly-patterned tea towels but theyre a bit too big, even doubled over. After filming a video workshop one day and ferrying trays of things back and forth, Lynn and I cast our eyes around the materials we had here to make a tray mat. We spotted something with lots of potential non-slip rubber matting used for lining drawers (or laying underneath table runners)."
Project TypeMake a Project
Time to CompleteUnder an hour
Sewn byHand
If using a pattern, take a length of baking paper (which is translucent) and cut the same size piece as the rubber matting. Using one of these images as a guide, draw the design onto the baking paper. Or if creating your own, draw it onto the paper. Place the baking paper over the top of the rubber matting, mark out the start and finish points of each major line, by pencil. Note that pencil and pen is difficult to rub off, so dont add lots of marks unnecessarily. Better not to draw heavy lines onto the rubber directly, especially if its white. Have the pattern next to you while embroidering as you may need to lay it over the mat to check where to stop and start.
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