Wipe Your Mouth

[TheMistressT]

My good friend is dragging her husband down the path to redecorating their house and trying to update the kitchen/dining area, which is really more his territory as he's the cook in the family.  She plans to use 2 shades of green; one for walls, the other for cabinets and is stuck with orange counters that really aren't that bad now that orange is kinda trendy for interiors.  So being on a budget and being one of the shoulders she leans on during this process (and the one who may well be doing the painting) I decided to make her some napkins for her birthday.  Both of our households are non-paper napkin types since before we became friends - and that's about 15 years now.

Unfortunately, I lost my camera and had to use my phone for this.  The colors are much more spring-y and cheerful in person.

I used to make napkins by double folding and mitering the seam, but I decided to use 2 layers so you can't see the back side of the fabric and decided to use 2 different fabrics for added cuteness.  I topstitched the edge with the orange from the leaf pattern because it made me smile AND topstitching was an easy way to close the opening that I turned them right-side-out with.  I hope she likes them!

They're about 16" square, 1.5 yards of each fabric yielded 6 napkins.

[nofury]

Those are GORGEOUS! I just received some double-sided napkins in a swap. I had never even CONSIDERED doing them that way. It looks so much nicer and more professional.

Yours are fantastic. I love the fabrics you chose, and the orange thread matching the countertops is a nice touch! Well done!

[TheMistressT]

Those are GORGEOUS! I just received some double-sided napkins in a swap. I had never even CONSIDERED doing them that way. It looks so much nicer and more professional.

Yours are fantastic. I love the fabrics you chose, and the orange thread matching the countertops is a nice touch! Well done!

Why, thank you!  I may be blushing!  I hadn't considered doing them that way either, until my mom mentioned that she did them that way.  Not only do they look more professional they have such a nice hand to them like this.  Almost decadent feeling.

[junebug6162]

Love these!  I was just thinking of doing some cloth napkins for my family use, but keep putting it off due to the fact that I HATE hemming.  This works for me!

[kcartwright856]

I was just admiring your napkins here when it occurred to me how amazingly awesome it would be to use this technique, plus the minor addition of a stiff interfacing, to make reversible place mats to match. I believe I'll try this myself! 

[sunnydays914]

I have an apron of the same green polka-dot fabric and I agree, it is a beautiful fabric. Maybe I'll have to make napkins to match my apron?

[TheMistressT]

kcartwright856 - Place mats are a great idea!  I'm more of a naked table or charger gal myself, so let us know how yours turn out!

sunnydays914
I'm tempted to use my little bit of scrap to put cute hems on some dish towels, myself.  Maybe for the next appropriate holiday!