Football-shaped Place Mats for Your Super Bowl Party
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I wanted to make something this year to complement the football field table runner that Chica made. I was also interested in protecting my nice dining table from party spills, so I decided to make mats to place under each of the dishes. Of course, I wanted the mats to be football shaped! After hitting the fabric store and stealing a roll of Chica's white duct tape, I was ready to start.
First, I needed to decide the size of my largest football. I used one of the plates I would be placing snacks on and put it on top of large sheet of paper. I sketched a basic football shape, but made it slightly fatter and more rounded than a real football would be, in order to accommodate the plate.
I then folded my drawing in half, then in half again, creating one quarter of my pattern. I traced the arc with marker to make it easier to see.
Then I just cut along the curved line, and unfolded my paper to reveal a nice, uniform, football shape. Hey, that was pretty easy!
Now, I was ready to move on to my fabric. I picked a faux leather fabric in pigskin chocolate. I love this fabric. It is heavyweight and doesn't fray when you cut it.
I turned the fabric over to the backside and taped the pattern down in a couple of spots, then traced around it with a pencil.
Then I used my fabric scissors to cut out the football shape.
To turn this simple brown shape into a football, I reached for the white duct tape. I took one strip a little wider than my football and cut it up the middle to make two narrow strips. I placed one strip on either side of the football, folding the ends over and attaching them to the back.
Next I added the stitching, but first I had to do some major tape cutting. To get the narrow strips needed, I had to cut a strip of duct tape into fourths -- I cut it in half lengthwise and then cut each half in lengthwise again.
Once I had as many of the large sized footballs as I needed, I cut my template down and made some smaller ones for decorating the table. I then cut some really small ones out of the fabric scraps, to use as coasters!
Look at how well they work on the table with Chica's football field runner. They will give your plates and bowls of snacks a little extra team spirit! Next year, I think I will work on a centerpiece for the football table.
3 comments so far:
Duct tape is the best! I love that it comes in lots of colors. I will have to try these football placemats. GO COLTS!
These are awesome! It makes a festive table for Super Bowl or a birthday party.
WOW!! You have such great talent. My husband's team "THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS" are off to the Super Bowl, and he is so happy and proud. I think I will try this and make my husband a SUPER BOWL PARTY he will never forget!! Congrats to the COLTS as well. My team the COWBOYS let me down yet another year....LOL!!! ;)Blessings to you and yours. THANK YOU FOR SHARING...