3 Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue!

Jacalyn
by Jacalyn
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Necessity sure was the mother of invention for this tablescape. I had invited guests over for an impromptu 4th of July barbecue and shortly before they arrived, I realized that I had given absolutely no thought to decorating the table. Time to do what I love to do most when decorating the table - go raid the drawers, closets, and all my other storage spots.
It started with a boring, ho-hum tablecloth. Then it was time to raid my husband's bandana stash. A quick pressing made them look almost new and allowed the bandanas to lie neatly on the table. Take two red bandanas and lay them in a diamond shape with the corners of the diamonds just touching each other.m
Layer 3 blue bandanas on top of the red ones, also in a diamond pattern.
Now the fun part - go raid your Christmas/holiday decorations and pull out anything in a star shape - candles, candleholders, and other decorations and scatter them around the tabletop.
Grab your leftover bandanas - also neatly pressed - fold them and create pockets to stash each person's silverware in. When unfolded, the bandana pockets will serve as napkins.
Place the silverware pocket on a white plate, and let the party begin.
Suggested materials:
  • 11 bandanas, mixture of red and blue
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  • Susan Susan on May 21, 2016
    how did you make the pockets for silverware?
  • Billie Shaw Billie Shaw on May 22, 2016
    How to fold silverware holder?
  • Pat Pat on May 23, 2016
    HOW DID YOU FOLD THE POCKET FOR THE SILVERWARE HOLDER OUT OF THE BABDANA
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  • Phoenixdmc Phoenixdmc on May 25, 2016
    Excellent! No Moss growing on that rolling stone!
  • Bonnie Bonnie on Jul 07, 2016
    I just love this look.
    • Jacalyn Jacalyn on Jul 07, 2016
      Thanks, Bonnie! I've used it a coup,e of times now. I also make what I call bandana bowls, which work with this table setting . They are posted on HomeTalk, too.
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