The Easiest DIY Plate Chargers Ever: No Sewing or Painting
Cake boards to plate chargers! Make 4 fabric chargers for less than $10 and in under 15 minutes.
This fall I could not find placemats or plate chargers that I liked for my fall tablescape. It was one of those supremely annoying moments where I knew the look I wanted but couldn’t verbalize what that was or figure out how to achieve it. Then I stumbled into the cake baking aisle in the craft store!
Steps to Make the DIY Plate Chargers:
No. 3 Heat up hot glue gun and glue fabric to cake board. Start with 4 points: top and bottom and each side. Pull fabric slightly to stretch evenly across board. Don’t pull too hard or you will bend the board or crease the edges.
No. 4 Next glue down 4 points in between previously glued spots. Then move around circle gluing fabric down.
No. 5 Clean off any glue strings, and you are done! Seriously, that’s it!
See how the tablescape turned on on penderandpeony.com!
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4 comments
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So many uses for these cake boards, but must admit, I hadn't thought about chargers! I'll be making some burlap ones for Thanksgiving! (Note wreath in photo started as a cake board as the backer.)
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You both did a lovely job!
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Thanks Marcy!
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