Beautiful table setting , enjoy your meal!

Time flies it's drawing to the close of 2014. This is my 402nd post since 2010. Thank you for following me and all the comments.  Your stopping-by means to me. I write about my cat Mogi to felt making then botanical prints.  All these generated your interest. My hats off to you.  Now that December is the month for family dinners. We'll have Solstice dinner and Christmas dinner as well.  Having a table setting with natural printed setting would be such a beautiful presentation on any occasions.  This set I used the bright red eucalyptus and a little eucalyptus tree barks intended to make it simple and clear.

 Table runner is 72" (184cm) long enough for a long table.

 I laid on the pure wool flannel. Mogi's such a good observer.

 Upon his approval I bundled and boiled it.

 Two kinds of euc, one round silver dollar and the other unknown species.

 

Before and after

 Tree barks and other ecu gave brownish.

 I sewed on the dark brown fabric made it a nice set.

 Mainly two parts of prints - upper one with a little casaurina pines, the bottom part of barks.

 Hang it with a tree branch it's a wall hanging.

 Though Mogi is more interested in the living plant, the botanical printed fabric, be it a wall hanging ........

  a table runner or a dresser runner, it's a pretty natural home decor.

 "Boy, behave !  Please wait to be seated."

The table runner is available in my ETSY shop here

The table placemats are available in my ETSY shop here

My friends, enjoy your meal and have a festive season !!

Happy Holiday !!

Barks and leaves prints 樹皮配葉印畫

 Eucalyptus printing is such fun to play with.  We can make color from barks to leaves.

Come and have tea.  I show  you the brief making of the placemats.
從樹皮到葉子每片都 "出色" , 桉樹 (尤加利) 由始都是我的至愛植染, 加上印在羊毛绒布上更明顯, 做了四片同系墊子或作掛畫, 
對著墊子, 一口清茶, 讚嘆桉印染的奧妙........

 See that impatient brat...... but he's my good company for shots.

 The wool flannel is a wonderful fabric to take the pigment. So I put the euc leaves and tree barks to form my desired layout.

 After 1.5 hours bundle boiling,  came out quite bold prints but too plain.

So, I put a few pine needles and rose leaves to make a better look.  The right one is the outcome.

 Same for the the above one and the other two pieces, I put the same pines and rose leaves to change the look.  They're boiled again for another hour.

 Then came out better and I back each with dark brown fabric.

 Sewed the fabric with the printed wool flannel.

(Have to bear with this brat even in my cramped workspace)

Made a set of four different layout botanical printed placemats.

Thought it also looks good as wall hanging.

Eucalyptus is such a pretty tree to give different shades and shapes of prints.  Loving it.....

Fingers crossed if I put this set on my ETSY or for a planned project coming soon.

"Behave brat !"

But he's sometimes such a great observant !!

I'm making another piece of wall hanging used pine needles and euc for the layout.

Stay tuned for my next post.