What Would You Call It…..A Burlap Doily?

I made one and I’m not sure what to call it…..a burlap doily, tablecloth or a table scarf? 

Well for now we’ll just call it a burlap doily unless you bloggers should say differently.  Anyway,  the other day I was cleaning out the closet and I came across two yards of burlap in my fabric stash.  With that much burlap I thought maybe I’ll just try and make a burlap doily for the kitchen table.

Don’t laugh but for the circular pattern I used one of our trash can lids .  I traced the lid on the burlap with a pencil and cut it out.  (The lid worked great!)

We all know that burlap will ravel and I wanted to add a ruffle so I used Fabric Fusion to keep it  from unraveling.  This stuff worked great! 

I cut 4” strips of burlap for the ruffle and gathered it by hand stitching. 

 

I pinned the ruffle to the circle and machine sewed it.

Considering I’m a self-taught sewer and the fact that I did this on the cuff, I’m happy with the way it turned out. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.  May your day be filled with sunshine and all the happiness it can hold. 

Gail 

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