Dress up your Thanksgiving table with these fun, customized place mats from Design*Sponge's Grace Bonney.
Tools and Materials
- Turkey or Pumpkin Pie clip art, or any simple, high-resolution image of your own
- Inkjet printer
- Inkjet transfer paper
- Napkins or place mats
- Iron
- Scissors
Thanksgiving Place Mat How-To
- Download turkey and/or pumpkin pie clip art, or use an image of your own. Adjust size to your liking and flip image if desired (this is especially necessary if the image includes text).
- Print image onto transfer paper according to manufacturer's directions.
- Cut outline of image from transfer paper, trimming away background. Cut right up to edge of subject.
- Lay transfer paper facedown and iron image onto fabric, following manufacturer's instructions.
Resources
Inkjet iron-on fabric transfer paper from Avery. "Festival" table linens from Sferra.
I want to make these placemats for Thanksgiving. Can they be washed - or will the transfer come off?