Chris and I are in the hair pulling time crunch of hosting a dinner party at our unfinished home, and I decided to throw some home made napkins into the mix.
Monday, while I was up to my elbows in navy blue reupholster fabric, we received a call from the flooring company that our floors were ready for installation on Wednesday...great news, but we have to host a formal hoity toity dinner party for 10 people on Friday and I have to cook my brains out every night before then.
So in the chaos of pulling up tile, reupholstering two wing back chairs, recovering our couch, and cooking for a party of ten, I also decided to make 10 mismatched napkins for our candle lined dinner table.
What you need:
fat quarters
fabric scissors
thread
sewing machine
iron
How to make napkins:
Iron your fat quarters, fold in half (hot dog style) and cut.
Using sewing machine sew two pieces together using 1/4 inch hem around entire edge, leaving 2 inch space un-sewn. This is the opening you will use to pull your fabric right side out.
Trim your corners by cutting off the excess fabric before turning the fabric inside out from the two inch un-sewn space.
Using fingers push the corners out until they make a clean square.
Fold the two inch un-sewn space under and re-iron, creating a clean line with the rest of your fabric and creating a faux closure.
Now sew another 1/4 inch seam around the edges of your fabric. This will close your two inch space without having to do a hand stitch and will create a finished look on your napkins.
