Harvest Home Mat Kit

Description

Our Harvest Home Mat Kit is 11¼” x 24″ themed with pumpkins and fall white oak leaves.  It has two brown base layers plus a top cream layer making it a nice and thick mat.  It makes an elegant center piece for any table.

Everything you need to start is right in the package including precision cut wool felt, floss, a sewing needle and instructions.

Rating: Apprentice – 12 Hours

This product is Made in the USA in our Shop in Colfax, California.

Instructions:

• Blanket Stitch the cream mat to one brown mat base
• Pin all of the pre-cut parts in place.
• Using a Running Stitch put the ribs on the pumpkins and the veins in the leaves attaching them down
• Using a Chain Stitch add the wandering vines
• Add the 2nd brown mat base to the back (to hide your stitching) and Blanket Stitch the edges

Our wool felt is Made in the USA from wool grown in the USA.  It is a blend of 35% wool and 65% rayon.

Why A Blend? 

• Our goal was to have a blend that is close to the wool/cotton blend which has been in use for hundreds of years through out the world.
• The wool/cotton blend was favored over 100% wool or 100% cotton as the combination provided much better service
  • The wool provided strength and warmth while the cotton added breathability and softness to touch.
  • It was an ideal combination for all kinds of weather and purposes.
• Rayon and cotton are almost identical with cotton being a little bit softer and rayon being more silky or shinny on the surface.

How are Rayon and Cotton Different?

• Rayon is made from cellulose, a carbohydrate plant substance, derived from wood and wood pulp which is then made into fibers.
• Cotton is made of cellulose fibers from the cotton plant.