Fall Mantel

I made this garland last fall, using a tutorial from Good Housekeeping.  Once I started, I couldn't stop.  I made yards and yards and yards of it.  I was very excited to pull the garland back out this year.  I love how the fall colors look against the subdued backdrop. 

 

My mom cleaned out her fabric inventory a couple of years ago and gave me a large chunk of it, so I was able to use some fall-ish fabric from that stash when making the garland.

Just so you know, you can buy sheets of fusible interfacing at Joann Fabrics or AC Moore that will make this project super easy.  Don't even think about cutting strips of Stitch Witchery and trying to line them up inside the two pieces of fabric to make your own interfacing because you're too lazy to go out and buy the real thing.  Not that I know anyone who would do that...


The tutorial suggests stringing the leaves through embroidery floss, but I just hot glued them to a length of coordinating ribbon. 

I bought the straw pumpkins a couple of years ago from Marshalls or TJ Maxx.  The orange candle holders are also an old purchase from Michaels. 

The rest of the mantel items (the black and white pictures, the mirror, the glass bottle, the white pots, and the oil lamps) are "permanant" fixtures and will probably stay throughout the change of seasons.

Suggested Reading...

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert