Your Holiday Table

I have a few tips to help you set a beautiful dinner table for your holiday feast. Whether you are preparing a meal for two or for twenty you can create a festive setting for your meal. It doesn’t matter if all of your place settings match, work with what you have.

First, make sure to created a welcoming table. You can use candles to do that. They don’t have to be twenty dollar pillar candles, use what you can afford. Make up a placecard for each guest and a napkin holder. I have the information for both placecard and napkin holder right here. You will find the patterns for this project here.

Kathy Zengolewicz

Here is what you need to get started:

• Chocolate brown felt
• gold felt
• orange felt
• orange embroidery floss
• fabric marking pen
• white or cream paper
• rotary fabric cutter or scissors
• cutting mat
• pre-cut chocolate brown placecards or you can use card stock or scrapbook paper

Cut your brown felt 7 inches wide by 1.5 inches long to make the napkin rings. Measure ½ inch from the left side of the strip and make a slit half way through from the bottom up. Repeat on the right side, but cut from the top side down. Slip the slits together to form the ring.

Trace a leaf pattern onto the felt and cut it out. Place the leaf in the middle of the brown ring, place a small button on top and sew through the button, leaf and ring with orang embroidery thread. Knot in the back. Roll your napkin and place inside of the ring.

Open the name template and type your guests names, one on each leaf. Print and cut out the leaf. Now take your pre-cut placecards or card stock and cut a square from the orange felt, a little smaller than the card. Place the orange felt square on the placecard and then place the name leaf on the top. Sew through all layers with the orange embroidery thread. That’s it. You’re all set. Enjoy!