Corrugated Leaves from Crochet Bouquet make a good-looking poinsettia for a Christmas table mat. I used only five leaves. Seven red leaves will give you a much fuller poinsettia.
A fuller seven-leaved poinsettia looks good with a couple of green leaves tucked behind the red. With only five leaves, a green leaf overwhelms the red flower. That’s why I just suggested leaves with green buttons.
Crocheted Poinsettia Table Mat
You will need:
- Crochet Bouquet
- DK weight yarn, bright red and a darker red
- A package of Kunin’s Shaggy Plush Felt, cream color
- Sewing thread and needle, pins
- Five small yellow buttons and five green buttons
- Trim for edges of felt, like gold braid, rick-rack, buttons (as shown)
- With bright red yarn, crochet three Corrugated Leaves (pages 109-110 of Crochet Bouquet), with three points along each side. Make a stem with ch4, sl st in 2nd ch from hook and in remaining chain. Finish with a needle join to the base of the leaf.
- Make two more leaves with the darker red yarn. Weave in ends on all the leaves.
- Cut the felt in half to make two pieces approximately 17-1/2 x 11-1/2″.
- Pin the leaves in an uneven star arrangement, with stems toward the center, leaving space in the middle for the yellow buttons.
- When you’re pleased with the leaves, sew them in place. Sew the yellow buttons in the center of the leaf arrangement as shown in photo.
- Sew a green button between each leaf pair, as shown.
- Add trim around edges of felt.
