DIY Holiday Decor Mat

When you display your holiday decor, make sure that your wood furniture is protected. You can make one of these easy DIY decor mats to protect the wood from getting scratched.

Since Thanksgiving night, my girls have been asking to display our Christmas decorations. I have been delaying them because I didn't want my buffet to be scratched. It has been passed down in my family for the last 100 years and I didn't want to be the cause of it getting damaged. I decided to sew a quick decor mat so we could start to display our fun decorations.

My measurements will be for the size I need. You will have to measure your decor to see if you need a larger mat or a smaller one. This is a simple and easy DIY project that will protect your wood furniture from being accidentally damaged. It is double sided, so you can plan use for multiple occasions.

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Supplies Used

Two pieces of seasonal fabric

Fiskars Self Healing Cutting Mat

Rotary Cutter
Acrylic Quilter's Ruler

thread
straight pins

SINGER Talent Sewing Machine

Instructions

1. Trim the edge of your fabric so the selvage edge is removed. Cut the fabric to the size needed. My fabric was 11 x 17 inch.

2. Next you will pin your fabrics together in preparation to sewing. Place one fabric with the design side facing up, place the other fabric with the design facing down toward the other fabric. This is called right side together. Line up the fabric and pin. Some people pin around the edge of the fabric and remove the pins when sewing. For this project, I prefer to pin throughout the fabric and avoid the edges. Your fabric will stay in place, but you won't have to pause continually to remove the pins while sewing.

3. Sew along the edge of your fabric with a 1/4 inch seam, remember when you start sewing use a back stitch so it is secure. I start halfway down one side of the rectangle and continue around to the side where you started. You will need to leave a gap of about two inches, back stitching again where you end.

4. You will need to trim the corners of your fabric, making sure to not cut through where you have sewn. This will give you a more crisp corner.

5. Turn the fabric right side out by carefully pulling the fabric through the 2 inch gap. When the fabric is right side out, use your fingertips to make sure the corners are nice and even.

6. You will need to gently fold in the fabric where the opening is so you can sew it closed. I usually take the time to iron at this point so the edges are crisp and the fabric at the opening is pressed so it stays in.

7. Sew around the whole rectangle using a small 1/8 inch seam, taking care to make sure that the opening is now sewn closed. I generally sew back to where I started and go over the first few stitches that were made. When you are done with this, you will need to back stitch to make sure the thread does not unravel.

Your double sided holiday decor mat is now done and ready for you to use. Place under the decorative items that you want to display.

I placed my mat underneath our mini Christmas tree that I received from Hobby Lobby. I turned on some Christmas music, then my girls and I decorated our mini tree with cute snowman ornaments I was sent from Hobby Lobby's A Tree For Me line. I think the red star on top finishes the look perfectly.

Our buffet is quite long, so I placed my double sided holiday blocks there as well. I changed them to the Christmas side and love the "Jingle Bells" with the candy cane hanging from the I. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I hope you found this short and easy tutorial to be useful. If you are interested in purchasing the supplies I used, I will provide links to them so you can purchase them. Right now they are on sale on Amazon.