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Braided twine doily/place mat.

They give you suggestions for how wide you should cut your strips, depending on the weight of your fabric.I was using a medium weight cotton drapery fabric and I cut all three strips to 9″ wide, with plenty of length just in case I messed up.

I later learned that this is pretty hard to mess up though!.The cornice kit that I was using had a 9″ drop (height) total, but they also come in chunkier sizes with 12″ and 15″ drops, so you’d cut wider strips for those sizes.. All I had to do was lay my fabric over the cornice and use the tuck tool to push it into the cracks on the front and the back to secure it in place!I started with the two outer strips and finished off in the middle.

I learned that it’s very forgiving and any extra you have peeking out can be tucked away into the cracks, never to be seen again!.I went for this really simple look, but you can also add in cording, or beading or really any kind of trim you like along the two “seams” in the middle to separate the three sections.

Just make sure you get the kind of trim with a tab on it, so you can tuck it in and leave just the cording or trim showing.

I’m thinking maybe a little bit of red beading at Christmas time!I’m sure there are enough of you in these same shoes.

Every time we think we’ve found our next big project, it’s either not really a convenient time (like tearing down a bathroom with a tiny baby in the house), or we think “Well if we’re going to do that project, then we might as well do this one, and that one, and that one over there too.” And then there are those that just sit there for no good reason.Eek.. Well earlier this Spring, I started really getting the itch to make this living room not make me shudder.

So I’ve been slowly tackling it in 10 minute increments when I can get Jack to be happy enough in the Jolly Jumper for a little bit.It took a long time, but it got the job done!