Monday, 15 July 2013
All my china is white and blue, and placemats or table cloths are either white or... white & blue.
Believe it or not, until yesterday I didn't have coasters. Which means rings on the tablecloths and high chances of rings on my wood kitchen table.
a gorgeous metallic cord :)
Believe it or not, until yesterday I didn't have coasters. Which means rings on the tablecloths and high chances of rings on my wood kitchen table.
Love knots. Love blue. Needed coasters.
And since I already have already a nautical trivet... might as well keeping the same theme.
I even made (a two minute project) napkin rings with the leftover cord!
And if you are into dressing up your table for the Holidays...
you can always think of making these using
a gorgeous metallic cord :)
how to make a round plait or a 5 bights turk's head knot: tutorial
To make these coasters, I used about 3 yards or 4mm nylon utility cord each;
but made few adjustments... because the result was something like this... which took me a while to get to the desired shape.
Here's what I did:
Then I followed the steps, and used masking tape on each of the bights to keep my cord in place (also nylon rope is really slippery and the tape comes really handy).
Once I got to the end of all 6 of them, I finished them on the wrong side:
Because I used nylon cord (which again, is REALLY slippery), I sew few stitches all around the knot to make sure that won't get messy.
Original Post: http://www.inspirationrealisation.com
Here's what I did:
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| once I got my shape right, I draw the outline on a piece of paper |
This will come handy for few reasons:
* will speed up the process of getting the knot into the perfect shape;
* will help the process of making several coasters with the exact same dimensions.
Then I followed the steps, and used masking tape on each of the bights to keep my cord in place (also nylon rope is really slippery and the tape comes really handy).
Once I got to the end of all 6 of them, I finished them on the wrong side:
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| cut the two ends of the cords making sure that the ends will be hidden under the knot |
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| melt the ends with a lighter |
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| sew the two ends using a matching thread |
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| this is how the back looks once done! |
Because I used nylon cord (which again, is REALLY slippery), I sew few stitches all around the knot to make sure that won't get messy.
Original Post: http://www.inspirationrealisation.com
please change your post using only one or two pictures from my original post - you are copying all the content and this is NOT OK! after the post you can see my policy: "Blogs/Websites may NOT repost my blog content without my express permission.
ReplyDeleteMy tutorials and photographs belong exclusively on MY BLOG. They are my intellectual property.
I've spent countless hours making these projects and I don't want them living on someone else's site.
HOWEVER, linking to my project is perfectly fine and I encourage it!
Those who link to a project of mine are welcome to take one or two photos
and link each photo back to that specific post." thanks, Donatella