We are obsessed with these DIY charger plates that Meagan designed! If you’re not familiar with charger plates or placemats, they provide a decorative base for your dinner plates to rest on during formal occasions and dinner parties. Not only do they make beautiful home decor, but they also help to retain heat and keep the food on your plate warm.
This is an easy project for all skill levels. And we have created a video tutorial for you to follow along with.
Get charged up for dinner parties
As we slowly settle back into seeing friends and family, we know that many of you are excited for dinner parties and other get-togethers. So why not make it extra special with these DIY charger plates? You don’t need to wait for a formal occasion or huge event to bring these out and enjoy them!
To create these handmade placemats, we used a Cricut gel pen with our cutting machine to draw our design onto cork sheets. Then you will simply glue on your macrame cord, using the design to guide you. Just watch our video tutorial below to see how it’s done!
Skill level: Beginner
Crafting tip: Be gentle with the cork — it is fragile before applying the macrame cord and may crack or tear easily. Work in small sections that you can easily complete before the hot glue hardens.
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Tools
- Craft Scissors
- Cutting Machine (recommended)
- High-Temp Hot Glue Gun
Materials
- 4mm Natural Macrame Cord
- 12×12 Natural Cork Sheets
- Cricut Gel Pen — Black (or other dark color)
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14 Comments
How many feet of cord does it take to make one charger?
Sorry but we do not have the length of cord it takes to make these chargers. When making four of them we had lots of remaining cord on the spool when finished to make more.
I’m trying to download this file but I can’t get it to work. Am I able to use this on the app on my phone?
It works on a laptop or desktop computer.
I guess I didnt ask the question correct…how would you transfer the pattern to the cork if you dont have a circut machine
thanks
Carbon transfer paper would work great!
How can you transfer pattern if you dont have a cricut machine
There’s a PDF template included! It’s tiled so you just have to print, cut, and tile it together.
Will try. Thanks for the help 🙂
The cork keeps ripping when the Cricut Maker machine tries to draw the pattern. I do not have an Air Cricut, is that the problem?
We used a Maker. Try taping the cork down to keep it in place, and you might want to try smaller test areas with different pens (we used a gel pen that worked fine).
Great!
Will try and thank you so much
I tried using the SVG file and it will not draw the pattern. It only shows as a cut file.
You have to change it to “DRAW”, since it defaults to “CUT”. In Design Space, select the artwork layer, then look for “Operation” in the top left. Choose Draw > Pen from the drop down menu.