Spring table decorations

Butterflies for the breakfast table

These bright, delicate butterflies will bring an early breath of fresh spring air to your table. Your guests will be amazed to find these bright yellow beauties adorning not only place mats, but also vases, candle holders and even a tray. With our spring home decor theme, this prettily-laid table is also sure to bring a smile to your mum’s face on Mother’s Day!

edding textile markers and textile pens are invaluable tools for decorating these fabric placemats and vase covers, and even if you're a beginner you can draw the delicate designs with successful results by using our template. When the design is finished, the fabric can be ironed to fix, so it can withstand wash cycles of up to 60°C. edding matt paint markers are also perfect for drawing on the terracotta candle holders and the wooden tray, because the ink is completely opaque and ideal for all rough and porous surfaces.

Categories: Spring
Living room
Kitchen
Products: Paint markers
Textile markers and pens
Materials: Terracotta
Textile
Wood
Difficulty: A bit more challenging
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

First, wash new fabric to remove any fabric finish so that the ink can penetrate the fabric. Print out the butterfly template and copy it to the required size. Place the template between the cardboard and the placemat, making sure the design shows through .

Step 2

Use the finer edding textile pen to draw the outlines. Then colour in the designs with the textile marker, or add more detail. Decorate the vase covers in exactly the same way. Use the finer edding 4600 textile pen in grey (colour ref. 012) to draw the trailing stems. Finally, make the design permanent by ironing it (without steam) to ensure it will withstand wash cycles of up to 60°C.

Step 3

Now for the candle holder: take the edding 4000 with the slightly thicker nib and colour in the designs (in yellow) . Press the moss firmly into the vases until filled, then insert the candles and hyacinths .

Step 4

Use the same method to design the tray. For the “Papillon” inscription, the edding 4000 in black works well . Embellish the butterfly decoration with the edding 4040 in silver. You can do the same with the vases.

Products and materials

Other materials

Place mats in light-coloured fabric (e.g. cotton or linen)
Glass vases with light-coloured fabric covers in cotton or linen
Cardboard to insert between the layers of material so the ink won’t bleed through
Butterfly template (optional)
An iron
Tall, narrow terracotta pots
Wooden tray, wooden butterfly decorations
Paper, pencil
Moss, yellow candles and hyacinths