Autumn in Aqua

I stumbled upon this great faux suede fabric in the remnant bin at Joann's Fabrics for the insane price of $3. I also grabbed a spool of black gingham ribbon with the vision of whipping up some cozy and coordinated Thanksgiving decor in my colors. We're going to make a table topper right now, and you don't even have to drag out the sewing machine.

 

You're just going to need:

Fabric
Ribbon trim to go around the dimensions
Scissors
Hot Glue

This particular piece was not cut square, so I figured out how to best get the size I needed plus two inches for a hem while leaving the most fabric left over. I cut it on the actual table I'm covering, no measuring involved.

After that, it was a matter of folding the hem over and hot gluing it down.

Then I cut the ribbon the length of the side plus two inches and hot glued it on the right side of the fabric, hanging over just a little, and glued the ends under with the hem.

I used plain black on the sides and back to conserve the gingham ribbon.

And then let's top it with lots of fun things from around the house in cream and aqua.

And a few little mementos to remind us we're fortunate enough to reside in coastal Florida.

Now the blue pumpkins make sense, don't they?

I love the way they all just blend into that mirror.

This little recycled cheese dome seems to pop up in a lot of my vignettes.

 

Let's get a little beachy this week with some fun Fall projects, shall we?

I even promise there will be a touch of orange. Really.