This fall 3 tiered tray is now one of my favorite pieces of fall decor! I picked up this off white shabby chic tiered tray from Hobby Lobby. At the top of the 3 tiers is a rectangle chalkboard sign which is great for displaying small cross stitch pieces. It is also the perfect size for the small sized Chalk Full Harvest design by Hands on Design. This tiered tray isn't too big which makes it a nice sized piece to display on my kitchen island.
I stitched the small Chalk Full Harvest design with all the materials that comes in the Fat Quarter Shop Chalk Full Club. The fabric is 14 count Chalkboard Black Aida and the threads are GAST Chalk, Classic Color Works Queen Bee, Bean Sprout, Trail Dust and Deep Fennel. All these colors coordinate beautifully! The only changes I made to the design was by adding Trail Dust cross stitches to the middle of each of the sunflowers. I just thought all the sunflowers needed a brown middle and I absolutely love it! After I was done stitching the design I mounted it on Pres On Self Stick Mounting Board (from Amazon) with a layer of quilt batting underneath to give a a bit more dimension. I hot glued white mini pom pom trim to the edges. Then I hot glued a magnet to the back of the completed piece. Since the rectangle chalkboard sign on the tiered tray was made of metal, it stuck right on it with the magnet.
Decorating each tier was so much fun! First, I filled each base tier with raffia. Then I began adding small items to fill each tier. All the items came from either Dollar Tree, Dollar General and Hobby Lobby. A few of the items I have had for a couple years while others were new this year.
The backside of the 3 tiered tray faces inside the kitchen and is filled with goodies too! I decided I wanted to stitch a small piece to display on the backside of the chalkboard sign. I came across this small freebie, Pumpkins and Pins Freebie by My Happy Memories, and decided it would work.
I stitched the Pumpkins and Pins on 28 count DMC Irish Tea Linen. I darkened it up a bit by doing a bit of a coffee soak and then baking it for a few minutes. I have a couple other projects on this same piece of fabric. I used floss in my stash: Weeks Dye Works Moss, Weeks Dye Works Swiss Chocolate, Classic Colorworks Magnolia Blossom, Weeks Dye Works Carrot and Classic Colorworks Pumpkin Harvest. After I stitched it I mounted it on Pres On Self Stick Mounting Board (from Amazon) with a layer of quilt batting underneath to give a a bit more dimension. Then I hot glued a piece of left over tatting from one of my daughter's dresses around the edge of the piece. Lastly I hot glued a magnet and stuck it to the back of the chalkboard sign on top.
I am happy that the "backside" of my 3 tiered tray is just as pretty. It also gives me something to look at while I am standing at the kitchen sink doing all the mass amount of dishes are family of 5 goes through 😃
Check out my two Flosstube videos below to see these two pieces finished and shown on video!
I stitched the small Chalk Full Harvest design with all the materials that comes in the Fat Quarter Shop Chalk Full Club. The fabric is 14 count Chalkboard Black Aida and the threads are GAST Chalk, Classic Color Works Queen Bee, Bean Sprout, Trail Dust and Deep Fennel. All these colors coordinate beautifully! The only changes I made to the design was by adding Trail Dust cross stitches to the middle of each of the sunflowers. I just thought all the sunflowers needed a brown middle and I absolutely love it! After I was done stitching the design I mounted it on Pres On Self Stick Mounting Board (from Amazon) with a layer of quilt batting underneath to give a a bit more dimension. I hot glued white mini pom pom trim to the edges. Then I hot glued a magnet to the back of the completed piece. Since the rectangle chalkboard sign on the tiered tray was made of metal, it stuck right on it with the magnet.
Decorating each tier was so much fun! First, I filled each base tier with raffia. Then I began adding small items to fill each tier. All the items came from either Dollar Tree, Dollar General and Hobby Lobby. A few of the items I have had for a couple years while others were new this year.
The backside of the 3 tiered tray faces inside the kitchen and is filled with goodies too! I decided I wanted to stitch a small piece to display on the backside of the chalkboard sign. I came across this small freebie, Pumpkins and Pins Freebie by My Happy Memories, and decided it would work.
I stitched the Pumpkins and Pins on 28 count DMC Irish Tea Linen. I darkened it up a bit by doing a bit of a coffee soak and then baking it for a few minutes. I have a couple other projects on this same piece of fabric. I used floss in my stash: Weeks Dye Works Moss, Weeks Dye Works Swiss Chocolate, Classic Colorworks Magnolia Blossom, Weeks Dye Works Carrot and Classic Colorworks Pumpkin Harvest. After I stitched it I mounted it on Pres On Self Stick Mounting Board (from Amazon) with a layer of quilt batting underneath to give a a bit more dimension. Then I hot glued a piece of left over tatting from one of my daughter's dresses around the edge of the piece. Lastly I hot glued a magnet and stuck it to the back of the chalkboard sign on top.
I am happy that the "backside" of my 3 tiered tray is just as pretty. It also gives me something to look at while I am standing at the kitchen sink doing all the mass amount of dishes are family of 5 goes through 😃
Check out my two Flosstube videos below to see these two pieces finished and shown on video!
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