I absolutely love fabric. I just do. All the patterns and colors and textures…..I really have to be firm with myself when I go into a fabric store because if I am not really careful I will find myself walking around finding fabric I love and then trying to think of what I could make with it. So now I only go if I have a particular project in mind. And then I have to continually remind myself to stay focused and only buy what is needed and get out of there super quick.
I decided I needed to make some napkins. Because I love fabric, I also have quite an affection for cloth napkins. I think we should use them everyday…..so I think we need several. I had been doing a little Pinterest searching and watching some how to videos on you tube and I had a little time – so off to napkin making I went.
I decided to do this pretty pink polka dot as a single layer hemmed napkin.
Then I decided to do this black and white gingham napkin lined with this pretty green.
First step – wash all the fabric and iron it…..ugghhh I will admit this is my LEAST favorite step. But hey I don’t want to waste all this time cutting and sewing something only for it to do some weird shrinkage in the wash and ruin the whole thing. So I washed and I pressed and then I took a break until the next day.
The next day I did all my cutting and prepping and then I took a break until the next day because truthfully I just want to sew…..all this upfront work is not my jam.
Finally it was time to sew…….here are the steps following the dreaded washing and pressing
For the single layer napkin. I cut ten 20×20 inch squares. Then I pressed each side about 1/4 inch fold then folded it again to completely cover the raw edges
I ended up doing these as just a single layer napkin because the underside of the fabric is not that drastically different from the front side, so I thought it would work. I whipped out 10 of these in less than an hour.
Here is a look at the lined napkin
I cut the black and white gingham into 21 inch squares.
Then I took a ruler and connected the two dots
And here is how it looks when all four corners are done
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